Nonstop flight route between Bacolod City, Philippines and Van Nuys, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD), Bacolod City, Philippines and Van Nuys Airport (VNY), Van Nuys, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,352 miles (or 11,832 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 Bacolod-Silay International Airport and Van Nuys 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 Bacolod-Silay International Airport and Van Nuys 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 Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD):

• The furthest airport from Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Bacolod-Silay International Airport (meaning Bacolod-Silay International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,932 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• Bacolod-Silay International Airport handled 1,349,442 passengers last year.
• The Bacolod-Silay International Airport has one primary runway 45 meters wide and 2,000 meters long.
• In addition to being known as "Bacolod-Silay International Airport", another name for BCD is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Bacolod-SilayPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Bacolod-Silay".
• The closest airport to Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) is Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) W of BCD.
• Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Airport transportation is accessible to passengers travelling in or out of the airport from Bacolod.
• The Bacolod-Silay International Airport is designated as an International Airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.
• In February 1999, another JICA study was commissioned, this time on the detailed plan of the new airport.
• The first aircraft ever to land at the airport was a small fourteen-seater turboprop owned by Vincent Aviation.

Facts about Van Nuys Airport (VNY):

• Most news helicopters from the Los Angeles area are based at Van Nuys Airport.
• The closest airport to Van Nuys Airport (VNY) is Whiteman Airport (WHP), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NE of VNY.
• Legend has it that Burbank Airport provided the setting for Humphrey Bogart's famous goodbye in the film Casablanca.
• The furthest airport from Van Nuys Airport (VNY) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,472 miles (18,463 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Van Nuys Airport (VNY) has 2 runways.
• Because of Van Nuys Airport's relatively low elevation of 802 feet, planes can take off or land at Van Nuys 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.