Nonstop flight route between Durango, Colorado, United States and Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Animas Air Park (AMK), Durango, Colorado, United States and Legazpi Airport (LGP), Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,608 miles (or 12,245 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 Animas Air Park and Legazpi 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 Animas Air Park and Legazpi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Animas Air Park (AMK):

• The furthest airport from Animas Air Park (AMK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,121 miles (17,897 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Animas Air Park (AMK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Animas Air Park", another name for AMK is "00C".
• Because of Animas Air Park's high elevation of 6,684 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AMK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AMK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Animas Air Park (AMK) is Durango–La Plata County Airport (DRO), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) ESE of AMK.

Facts about Legazpi Airport (LGP):

• Legazpi Airport handled 435,151 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Legazpi Airport (LGP) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Legazpi Airport (meaning Legazpi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,281 miles (19,765 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Legazpi Airport (LGP) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NE of LGP.
• In addition to being known as "Legazpi Airport", another name for LGP is "Paliparan ng Legazpi".
• When Pope John Paul II visited the Philippines in 1981, his itinerary included Legazpi City.
• Because of Legazpi Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Legazpi 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.
• On September 15, 2001, coming home from her state visit to Japan, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo flew to Legazpi non-stop from Tokyo using a chartered PAL Airbus A320, highlighting the capability of the airport to handle international air traffic.
• Aside from PAL, Filipinas Orient Airways and Air Manila International served the airport before 1972, the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines.
• The jet age came to Legazpi in the late 1960s and by the 1970s Philippine Airlines introduced regular service to/from Manila using British Aircraft Corporation's BAC 1-11s.
• Legazpi Airport (LGP) currently has only 1 runway.