Nonstop flight route between Zamboanga City, Philippines and Kiri, Democratic Republic of the Congo:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM), Zamboanga City, Philippines and Basango Mboliasa Airport (KRZ), Kiri, Democratic Republic of the Congo would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,126 miles (or 11,468 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Zamboanga International Airport and Basango Mboliasa Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Zamboanga International Airport and Basango Mboliasa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM):

• The development of the new airport for Zamboanga will involve approximately 175 hectares of land acquisition, including the areas for PALS and SALS, glide slope, future runway extension and parallel taxiway and 30-meter road right of way for the access road and diversion of existing barangay road.
• The airport started off as Moret Field, an American airfield that was constructed from a rather poor Japanese airfield just north of Zamboanga.
• Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The runway is presently being shared between the airport and the Edwin Andrews Air Base.
• There were plans to transfer the airport to a 104-hectare lot located between Barangays Talabaan and Taluksangay, possibly making it the largest airport in Mindanao.
• Zamboanga International Airport handled 904,668 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) is Itaituba Airport (ITB), which is nearly antipodal to Zamboanga International Airport (meaning Zamboanga International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Itaituba Airport), and is located 12,209 miles (19,648 kilometers) away in Itaituba, Pará, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Zamboanga International Airport", another name for ZAM is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng ZamboangaAeropuerto Internacional de Zamboanga".
• The closest airport to Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) is Ipil Airport (IPE), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) NNE of ZAM.
• Overall operational statistics
• The national government through the DOTC, alloted 15 million pesos for the feasibility study of the project.
• Because of Zamboanga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Zamboanga International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.

Facts about Basango Mboliasa Airport (KRZ):

• The closest airport to Basango Mboliasa Airport (KRZ) is Inongo Airport (INO), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) SW of KRZ.
• The furthest airport from Basango Mboliasa Airport (KRZ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is nearly antipodal to Basango Mboliasa Airport (meaning Basango Mboliasa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cassidy International Airport), and is located 12,182 miles (19,605 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.