Nonstop flight route between Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kinloss Barracks (FSS), Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Laguindingan Airport (CGY), Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,013 miles (or 11,286 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 Kinloss Barracks and Laguindingan 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 Kinloss Barracks and Laguindingan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kinloss Barracks (FSS):

• In July 1962, the station received one of its highest honours, the Civic Freedom of the Royal and Ancient Burgh of Forres, allowing Kinloss personnel the right to march through the burgh with swords drawn.
• In November 1980 two pilots, Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lieutenant Noel Anthony and RAF Flying Officer Stephen Belcher were killed when their aircraft struck birds on take off and crashed in woods to the east of Kinloss airfield.
• Because of Kinloss Barracks's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinloss Barracks 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 Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ENE of FSS.
• In November 2011 the Ministry of Defence and 12 Engineer Group announced that 930 Service personnel from 39 Engineer Regiment will move from Waterbeach Barracks, near Cambridge, to Kinloss in summer 2012.
• The station continues to be home to the RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team, the No 663 Volunteer Gliding School operating the Vigilant T1 and the Moray Flying Club are also based at RAF Kinloss.
• The station defences were gradually established and by May 1940, Group Captain Jarman reported that the defence of Kinloss was in order.
• The furthest airport from Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,616 miles (18,694 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• After the Argentines invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982, Nimrod MR2's adapted for air to air refuelling, were deployed to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
• Kinloss Barracks (FSS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Laguindingan Airport (CGY):

• In addition to being known as "Laguindingan Airport", another name for CGY is "Paliparan ng Laguindingan (Filipino)Tugpahanan sa Laguindingan (Cebuano)".
• The closest airport to Laguindingan Airport (CGY) is Maria Cristina Airport (IGN), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SSW of CGY.
• On April 18, 2013, DOTC announced that the opening of the airport would be pushed back to June 15, 2013 instead of April 30, 2013 because CAAP has received requests from airline companies to postpone the transfer until after the summer peak season, because the April 30 opening would require the cancellation of several daily trips.
• The airport sits on a 4.17 square kilometer site in Barangay Moog, Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, and is located 46 kilometers away from the city center of Cagayan de Oro.
• The airport complex features a single 2,100 x 45 meter runway, which can accommodate four plane landings and takeoffs an hour.
• The furthest airport from Laguindingan Airport (CGY) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Laguindingan Airport (meaning Laguindingan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,342 miles (19,863 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• Laguindingan Airport (CGY) currently has only 1 runway.