Nonstop flight route between Accra, Ghana and Metro Manila, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station (ACC), Accra, Ghana and Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), Metro Manila, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,175 miles (or 13,157 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 Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station and Ninoy Aquino International 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 Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station and Ninoy Aquino International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station (ACC):

• Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, is the country's premier international airport and has the capacity for large aircraft such as the Boeing 747-8.
• The furthest airport from Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station (ACC) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station (meaning Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,230 miles (19,683 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
• Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station handled 2,269,451 passengers last year.
• Kotoka Airport was renamed from Ghana International Airport, in honour of Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, a member of the ruling National Liberation Council.
• Meridian Airways and Aerogem Aviation have their head office in the 1 Gemini Airlines Building at the Old Cargo Village.
• The closest airport to Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station (ACC) is Lomé–Tokoin Airport (LFW), which is located 105 miles (169 kilometers) ENE of ACC.
• Because of Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station's relatively low elevation of 205 feet, planes can take off or land at Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station 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.
• Kotoka International Airport Accra Air Force Station (ACC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL):

• Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) has 2 runways.
• The Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA /ˈnaɪ.ə/, also known as Manila International Airport, is the airport serving Manila and its surrounding metropolitan area.
• The furthest airport from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (meaning Ninoy Aquino International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,291 miles (19,780 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport handled 3,286,500 passengers last year.
• NAIA has a primary runway long), running at 061°/241°, and a secondary runway long), running at 136°/316°.
• In 1954 the airport's international runway and associated taxiway were built, and in 1956, construction was started on a control tower and a terminal building for international passengers.
• In 1991, the French government granted a 30 million franc soft loan to the Philippine government, which was to be used to cover the Detailed Architectural and Engineering Design of the NAIA Terminal 2.
• This table of passenger movements at MNL is based on data from Airport Council International.
• The closest airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) is Major Danilo Atienza Air Base (SGL), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) W of MNL.
• The third terminal of the airport, Terminal 3 or NAIA-3, is the newest and biggest terminal in the NAIA complex, wherein construction started in 1997.
• The Philippine government has made a new plan where Terminal 3 would be 100% operational by the end of 2011, but lowered their goal to 55% operational after further study.
• Because of Ninoy Aquino International Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Ninoy Aquino 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ninoy Aquino International Airport", another name for MNL is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino".
• Terminal 3 began partial operations at 05:15am on July 22, 2008 with 16 inbound and outbound domestic flights from Cebu Pacific.