Nonstop flight route between Catania, Sicily, Italy and Cabatuan / Santa Barbara, Iloilo, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), Catania, Sicily, Italy and Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO), Cabatuan / Santa Barbara, Iloilo, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,691 miles (or 10,769 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport and Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport and Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA):

• By the late 1940s, it was clear that the airport was fast running out of space and it was deemed necessary to relocate and in 1950, the new bigger and improved Catania Airport opened for business.
• Because of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Catania–Fontanarossa 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.
• Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,692 miles (18,816 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Catania–Fontanarossa Airport handled 6,400,127 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) is Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) WSW of CTA.
• In addition to being known as "Catania–Fontanarossa Airport", other names for CTA include "Catania Vincenzo Bellini Airport" and "Aeroporto di Catania-Fontanarossa".
• The airport is conveniently located close to the A19 motorway, which links Catania with Palermo and central Sicily, while the European route E45 runs to Syracuse in the south.

Facts about Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO):

• The furthest airport from Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (meaning Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO) currently has only 1 runway.
• During construction, the airport was officially called the New Iloilo Airport Development Project, or NIADP.
• The airport was formally opened on June 13 with the arrival of the presidential aircraft at the new airport at around 9:50 am PST, with Governor Tupas leading provincial and city officials in welcoming the President to the new facility.
• The airport has a power back-up system and a power generating station that enables the airport to run in the event of a power outage, returning the supply of electric power to the facility within three seconds.
• Because of Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 168 feet, planes can take off or land at Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan 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.
• Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) handled 1,707,969 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO) is Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) E of ILO.
• In addition to being known as "Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport)", another name for ILO is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng IloiloPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Iloilo".
• In October 1995, the Iloilo city government announced its intention to construct a new airport outside the city in cooperation with the private sector.
• Iloilo International Airport was originally scheduled to open on March 19, 2007, when its inaugural flight would land.