Nonstop flight route between Baguio City, Philippines and Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Loakan Airport (BAG), Baguio City, Philippines and Seymour Airport (GPS), Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,063 miles (or 16,195 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 Loakan Airport and Seymour 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 Loakan Airport and Seymour Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Loakan Airport (BAG):

• Because of Loakan Airport's high elevation of 4,251 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BAG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BAG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Loakan Airport (BAG) is San Fernando Airport (SFE), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NW of BAG.
• Loakan Airport handled 9,805 passengers last year.
• Loakan Airport (BAG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Loakan Airport", another name for BAG is "Paliparan ng Loakan Pagtayaban ti Loakan".
• The furthest airport from Loakan Airport (BAG) is Concepción Airport (CEP), which is nearly antipodal to Loakan Airport (meaning Loakan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Concepción Airport), and is located 12,261 miles (19,731 kilometers) away in Concepción, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Facts about Seymour Airport (GPS):

• Because of Seymour Airport's relatively low elevation of 207 feet, planes can take off or land at Seymour 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.
• Seymour Airport (GPS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Seymour Airport (GPS) is Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport (BTJ), which is located 11,911 miles (19,169 kilometers) away in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Seymour Airport (GPS) is San Cristóbal Airport (SCY), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) SE of GPS.
• By 30 September 1945, most personnel were withdrawn and only a housekeeping staff remained.
• During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force defending the South American coastline and the Panama Canal against Japanese submarines.