Nonstop flight route between Mambajao, Camiguin, Philippines and Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Camiguin Airport (CGM), Mambajao, Camiguin, Philippines and Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,718 miles (or 14,031 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 Camiguin Airport and Westover Air Reserve Base, 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 Camiguin Airport and Westover Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Camiguin Airport (CGM):

• Camiguin Airport (CGM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Camiguin Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Camiguin 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.
• Camiguin Airport handled 2,844 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Camiguin Airport (CGM) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Camiguin Airport (meaning Camiguin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,369 miles (19,906 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Camiguin Airport (CGM) is Laguindingan Airport (CGY), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) SSW of CGM.
• In addition to being known as "Camiguin Airport", another name for CGM is "Paliparan ng CamiguinTugpahanan sa Camiguin".

Facts about Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF):

• The furthest airport from Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,731 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Four-engine C-54 Skymaster and shorter-range C-47 Skytrain transports took supplies and reinforcements from Westover to the armed forces and returned with the wounded and discharged troops.
• The closest airport to Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of CEF.
• On 1 June 1948 Air Transport Command was reorganized into the Military Air Transport Service, and Westover was designated as Headquarters, Atlantic Division, Military Air Transport Service.
• In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".
• The mission of Westover was to organize and provide initial training to new combat units.
• Detonation in August 1949 by the Soviet Union of an atomic bomb spawned a new strategy in the military, calling for massive retaliation in the event of an attack.
• Plans for Westover Field were made in 1939 as a result of the Nazi Germany invasion of Poland in 1939.
• Westover was also the launching point of the heroic Berlin Airlift for 327 days during the Soviet blockade.