Nonstop flight route between Sibulan, Negros Oriental, Philippines and Edwards, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sibulan Airport (DGT), Sibulan, Negros Oriental, Philippines and Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,413 miles (or 11,930 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 Sibulan Airport and Edwards Air Force Base, 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 Sibulan Airport and Edwards Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sibulan Airport (DGT):

• Because of Sibulan Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Sibulan 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.
• Sibulan Airport handled 362,551 passengers last year.
• Sibulan Airport (DGT) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Sibulan Airport", another name for DGT is "Paliparan ng Sibulan Tugpahanan sa Sibulan".
• The furthest airport from Sibulan Airport (DGT) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Sibulan Airport (meaning Sibulan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Sibulan Airport (DGT) is Tagbilaran Airport (TAG), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) ENE of DGT.

Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):

• The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
• With the X-1, flight testing at Muroc began to assume two distinct identities.
• The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• A water stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad since 1876, the site was largely unsettled until the early 20th century.
• The Main Base is also the home of the Benefield Anechoic Facility, an electromagnetic and radio frequency testing building.
• As with virtually all of the test programs conducted during the war years, most of the actual flight test work on the P-59 was conducted by the contractor.