Nonstop flight route between Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines and East Farmingdale, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dipolog Airport (DPL), Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines and Republic Airport (FRG), East Farmingdale, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,865 miles (or 14,267 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 Dipolog Airport and Republic 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 Dipolog Airport and Republic Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dipolog Airport (DPL):

• In 1992, after extending its runway by 500 meters and constructing a control tower, the airport officially welcomed its first mid-sized passenger jet, a Philippine Airlines Boeing 737-300.
• In July 2006, Cebu Pacific launched non-stop service to Manila utilizing an Airbus A319 with a seating capacity of 150 passengers.
• The original terminal was made of composite wood material located at the northern side of the runway near the Philippine Constabulary Camp, now Camp Hamac in Sicayab.
• In addition to being known as "Dipolog Airport", another name for DPL is "Paliparan ng Dipolog".
• The closest airport to Dipolog Airport (DPL) is Labo Airport (OZC), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) SE of DPL.
• As of April 2007, only items number one, two, five, six, and seven were not yet implemented due to huge budgetary requirements.
• Dipolog Airport (DPL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Dipolog Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Dipolog 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 airport also has a modern control tower, a Category V fire station with 4 firetrucks and a new parking area complex near the Miss Universe Garden.
• The airport's commercial viability for growth was established as more flights were mounted by Philippine Airlines prompting the national government to introduce further development.
• The airport has one terminal and a 150-meter by 100-meter apron.
• Dipolog Airport handled 165,163 passengers last year.
• The airport's strategic location during World War II and the liberation of Zamboanga and Mindanao by American and Philippine Commonwealth Forces in 1945 prompted the national government to develop the field as an alternate airport to Zamboanga International Airport principally for national security reasons arising from natural and man made emergencies.
• The furthest airport from Dipolog Airport (DPL) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Dipolog Airport (meaning Dipolog Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,341 miles (19,862 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• In December 2006, it registered a maximum traffic of 330 daily passengers on several occasions based on the aircraft's available capacity serving the route with Philippine Airlines utilizing the much bigger Boeing 737-400 with a seating capacity of 180 passengers.

Facts about Republic Airport (FRG):

• Most NHL teams flying charter flights into Long Island to play the New York Islanders use Republic Airport.
• Republic Airport was developed by Sherman Fairchild as the Fairchild Flying Field in East Farmingdale on Long Island, NY in late 1927 as his flying field and airplane factory on Motor Avenue in South Farmingdale was inadequate to support the mass production of his FC-2 and Model 71 airplanes.
• Because of Republic Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Republic 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 closest airport to Republic Airport (FRG) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of FRG.
• The furthest airport from Republic Airport (FRG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,775 miles (18,949 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society, formed in 1984,and chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York in 1987, maintains sixteen photographic exhibits illustrating the history of aviation, and historical archives, on the first floor of the Republic Airport terminal building behind the FAA tower on the east side of Route 110.
• Republic Airport (FRG) has 2 runways.