Nonstop flight route between Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines and Cherbourg, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cauayan Airport (CYZ), Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines and Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER), Cherbourg, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,685 miles (or 10,758 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 Cauayan Airport and Cherbourg - Maupertus 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 Cauayan Airport and Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cauayan Airport (CYZ):

• The closest airport to Cauayan Airport (CYZ) is Tuguegarao Airport (TUG), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) N of CYZ.
• Because of Cauayan Airport's relatively low elevation of 200 feet, planes can take off or land at Cauayan 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.
• Cauayan Airport (CYZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Cauayan Airport (CYZ) is Puerto Suárez International Airport (PSZ), which is nearly antipodal to Cauayan Airport (meaning Cauayan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Puerto Suárez International Airport), and is located 12,293 miles (19,783 kilometers) away in Puerto Suárez, Bolivia.
• In addition to being known as "Cauayan Airport", another name for CYZ is "Paliparan ng Cauayan".

Facts about Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER):

• The closest airport to Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER) is Alderney Airport (ACI), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) W of CER.
• The fighter planes flew support missions during the Allied invasion of Normandy, patrolling roads in front of the beachhead.
• Because of Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport's relatively low elevation of 459 feet, planes can take off or land at Cherbourg - Maupertus 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 Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,973 miles (19,269 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• No destinations served at present, as Twin Jet dropped services to Jersey and Paris Orly followed by Chalair and also Airlinair, which both failed to make links to Paris profitable.
• Charter flights occasionally operate to and from the airport.
• The 363d Fighter Group, based P-38 Lightning fighters at Maupertus from 9 July through August 1944.
• After the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies, the airfield was used as a resupply and casualty evacuation airfield for several months, before being closed on 22 December 1944.
• In addition to being known as "Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport", other names for CER include "Aéroport de Cherbourg - Maupertus" and "(Advanced Landing Ground A-15)".
• Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER) currently has only 1 runway.