Nonstop flight route between Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Basco, Batanes, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN), Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Basco Airport (BSO), Basco, Batanes, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,129 miles (or 9,863 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 Cologne/Bonn Airport and Basco 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 Cologne/Bonn Airport and Basco Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN):

• The older Terminal 1, a building from the 1970s which spots large surfaces of bare concrete in its design, features a main building with shops, restaurants, check-in and service facilities and a visitors deck on its roof as well as the piers B and C with five aircraft stands each plus a central airside hall between them added in 2004 with joint security-check facilities, more shops and restaurants as well as three additional stands.
• The furthest airport from Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,921 miles (19,185 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Cologne/Bonn Airport's relatively low elevation of 302 feet, planes can take off or land at Cologne/Bonn 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.
• The airport is jointly owned by the City of Cologne, the Federal Republic of Germany, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Bonn and two counties.
• Local bus lines also connect the airport with Cologne and Bonn.
• The closest airport to Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NNW of CGN.
• Cologne/Bonn Airport handled 9,280,070 passengers last year.
• In 1986 Cologne/Bonn Airport was chosen by United Parcel Service as the location for their European hub.
• In addition to being known as "Cologne/Bonn Airport", another name for CGN is "Flughafen Köln/Bonn".
• Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) has 3 runways.
• Also, the Canadian Forces began to use the airport as a staging area to move troops and supplies in support of humanitarian missions and possible anti-terrorism roles.

Facts about Basco Airport (BSO):

• Because of Basco Airport's relatively low elevation of 291 feet, planes can take off or land at Basco 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.
• The furthest airport from Basco Airport (BSO) is Corumbá International Airport (CMG), which is nearly antipodal to Basco Airport (meaning Basco Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Corumbá International Airport), and is located 12,335 miles (19,851 kilometers) away in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
• Basco Airport handled 25,423 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Basco Airport (BSO) is Lanyu Airport (KYD), which is located 113 miles (182 kilometers) NNW of BSO.
• In addition to being known as "Basco Airport", another name for BSO is "Paliparan ng Basco".
• Basco Airport (BSO) currently has only 1 runway.