Nonstop flight route between Copper Center, Alaska, United States and General Santos City, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Copper Center Airport (CZC), Copper Center, Alaska, United States and General Santos International Airport (GES), General Santos City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,837 miles (or 9,393 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 Copper Center Airport and General Santos International 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 Copper Center Airport and General Santos International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Copper Center Airport (CZC):

• The closest airport to Copper Center Airport (CZC) is Gulkana Airport (GKN), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) NNW of CZC.
• In addition to being known as "Copper Center Airport", other names for CZC include "Copper Center 2 Airport" and "Z93".
• Copper Center Airport (CZC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Copper Center Airport (CZC) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,464 miles (16,840 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Facts about General Santos International Airport (GES):

• Bigger aircraft such as Boeing 747-400, Airbus 340 and Airbus 330 come to the airport due to tuna cargo and increase of passengers, leaving the airport as the only domestic destination of the Philippine Airlines besides PAL Express.
• Because of General Santos International Airport's relatively low elevation of 505 feet, planes can take off or land at General Santos International 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.
• General Santos International Airport is approximately 14 kilometers away from the central business district of General Santos City.
• General Santos International Airport handled 611,274 passengers last year.
• General Santos International Airport (GES) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from General Santos International Airport (GES) is Itaituba Airport (ITB), which is nearly antipodal to General Santos International Airport (meaning General Santos International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Itaituba Airport), and is located 12,290 miles (19,779 kilometers) away in Itaituba, Pará, Brazil.
• Philippine Airlines Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet
• In addition to being known as "General Santos International Airport", another name for GES is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Heneral SantosTugpahanang Pangkalibutanon sa Heneral SantosPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Heneral Santos".
• The closest airport to General Santos International Airport (GES) is Allah Valley Airport (AAV), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of GES.
• In a few months time PAL commenced regular thrice weekly direct flights to and from Manila using a bigger and wider Airbus A300-B4 aircraft.