Nonstop flight route between Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines and Lakselv, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laguindingan Airport (CGY), Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines and Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), Lakselv, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,881 miles (or 9,464 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 Laguindingan Airport and Lakselv Airport, Banak, 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 Laguindingan Airport and Lakselv Airport, Banak. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Laguindingan Airport (CGY):

• The closest airport to Laguindingan Airport (CGY) is Maria Cristina Airport (IGN), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SSW of CGY.
• Laguindingan Airport (CGY) currently has only 1 runway.
• Laguindingan Airport is the main airport that serves the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro, as well as the provinces of Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte, and the rest of the region of Northern Mindanao in the Philippines.
• In addition to being known as "Laguindingan Airport", another name for CGY is "Paliparan ng Laguindingan (Filipino)Tugpahanan sa Laguindingan (Cebuano)".
• The Laguindingan Airport Development Project was inaugurated on January 10, 2006 with groundbreaking ceremonies presided by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who advocated the idea of an international airport in the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor.
• Ayala Land, who originally owns 183 of 417 hectares of the land acquired by the government to develop the airport complex, has future plans to develop an aerotropolis around the airport.
• The furthest airport from Laguindingan Airport (CGY) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Laguindingan Airport (meaning Laguindingan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,342 miles (19,863 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.

Facts about Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL):

• SAS Commuter was established in 1988 and started operations in Northern Norway in May 1990, making Alta its central hub for Finnmark.
• The closest airport to Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL) is Alta Airport (ALF), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) W of LKL.
• Because of Lakselv Airport, Banak's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Lakselv Airport, Banak 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.
• By 1959 the United States was concerned that the militarization of the Kola Peninsula would become the prime point of a Soviet attack on North America.
• The Royal Norwegian Air Force took control over the airfield in 1945 and started reconstruction.
• The furthest airport from Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,476 miles (16,859 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Lakselv Airport, Banak", another name for LKL is "Lakselv lufthavn, Banak".
• Lakselv Airport, Banak handled 71,763 passengers last year.