Nonstop flight route between Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines and Fort Hood / Killeen, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dipolog Airport (DPL), Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines and Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK), Fort Hood / Killeen, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,573 miles (or 13,798 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 Killeen–Fort Hood Regional 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 Killeen–Fort Hood Regional 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 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.
• Dipolog Airport handled 165,163 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Dipolog Airport", another name for DPL is "Paliparan ng Dipolog".
• Dipolog Airport (DPL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Dipolog Airport (DPL) is Labo Airport (OZC), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) SE of DPL.
• The terminal building, which originally had a capacity of 170 passengers, now has a seating capacity of 300 passengers due to new flights offered by Cebu Pacific.
• 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 airport's commercial viability for growth was established as more flights were mounted by Philippine Airlines prompting the national government to introduce further development.
• 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.

Facts about Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK):

• The closest airport to Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK) is Hood Army Airfield (HLR), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) NE of GRK.
• Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport is a small military/commercial joint-use airport that operates alongside Robert Gray Army Airfield.
• The furthest airport from Killeen–Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,030 miles (17,751 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.