Nonstop flight route between Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines and Atlanta, Georgia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dipolog Airport (DPL), Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines and Fulton County Airport (FTY), Atlanta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,986 miles (or 14,461 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 Fulton County 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 Fulton County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DPL / RPMG |
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| Location: | Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines |
| GPS Coordinates: | 8°36'5"N by 123°20'3"E |
| Area Served: | Dipolog City |
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 12 feet (4 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DPL |
| More Information: | DPL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FTY / KFTY |
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| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°46'45"N by 84°31'17"W |
| Area Served: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Operator/Owner: | Fulton County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 841 feet (256 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FTY |
| More Information: | FTY Maps & Info |
Facts about Dipolog Airport (DPL):
- In addition to being known as "Dipolog Airport", another name for DPL is "Paliparan ng Dipolog".
- There is also a mini-garden at the runway side of the terminal that contains a grotto.
- The closest airport to Dipolog Airport (DPL) is Labo Airport (OZC), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) SE of DPL.
- In July 2006, Cebu Pacific launched non-stop service to Manila utilizing an Airbus A319 with a seating capacity of 150 passengers.
- Dipolog Airport (DPL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Dipolog Airport handled 165,163 passengers last year.
- 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.
- As of April 2007, only items number one, two, five, six, and seven were not yet implemented due to huge budgetary requirements.
- 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.
- The late 1980s saw a dramatic upsurge in foreign tourist arrival.
Facts about Fulton County Airport (FTY):
- It is located very near Interstate 20, Interstate 285, and the Chattahoochee River, just outside the Atlanta city limits.
- Fulton County Airport covers an area of 985 acres at an elevation of 841 feet above mean sea level.
- Because of Fulton County Airport's relatively low elevation of 841 feet, planes can take off or land at Fulton County 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.
- In addition to being known as "Fulton County Airport", another name for FTY is "Charlie Brown Field".
- Fulton County Airport (FTY) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Fulton County Airport (FTY) is Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) N of FTY.
- The furthest airport from Fulton County Airport (FTY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,313 miles (18,206 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- It is a local Class D airport located just west of Atlanta and the nearest airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and handles much of the general aviation traffic that would otherwise go there.
