Nonstop flight route between Gamba, Gabon and Metro Manila, Philippines:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gamba Airport (GAX), Gamba, Gabon and Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), Metro Manila, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,668 miles (or 12,341 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 Gamba Airport and Ninoy Aquino International 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 Gamba Airport and Ninoy Aquino International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GAX / |
| Airport Name: | Gamba Airport |
| Location: | Gamba, Gabon |
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°47'33"S by 10°3'29"E |
| View all routes: | Routes from GAX |
| More Information: | GAX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MNL / RPLL |
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| Location: | Metro Manila, Philippines |
| GPS Coordinates: | 14°30'30"N by 121°1'9"E |
| Area Served: | Greater Manila Area |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 75 feet (23 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MNL |
| More Information: | MNL Maps & Info |
Facts about Gamba Airport (GAX):
- The closest airport to Gamba Airport (GAX) is Mouila Airport (MJL), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) NE of GAX.
- The furthest airport from Gamba Airport (GAX) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Gamba Airport (meaning Gamba Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,034 miles (19,366 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
Facts about Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL):
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) has 2 runways.
- The administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo eventually abrogated Piatco's BOT Contract for allegedly having been anomalous in certain important respects.
- The furthest airport from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (meaning Ninoy Aquino International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,291 miles (19,780 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
- The terminal reached capacity in 1991, when it registered a total passenger volume of 4.53 million.
- The closest airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) is Major Danilo Atienza Air Base (SGL), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) W of MNL.
- Because of Ninoy Aquino International Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Ninoy Aquino International 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 recommendation was to build two new terminals, and in 1998 Terminal 2 was completed.
- In addition to being known as "Ninoy Aquino International Airport", another name for MNL is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino".
- Terminal 3 began partial operations at 05:15am on July 22, 2008 with 16 inbound and outbound domestic flights from Cebu Pacific.
- The original proposal for the construction of a third terminal was proposed by Asia's Emerging Dragon Corporation.
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport handled 3,286,500 passengers last year.
- Officially, NAIA is the only airport serving the Manila area.
- The Manila Domestic Passenger Terminal, also known as Terminal 4, is host to all domestic flights within the Philippines that are operated by AirAsia Zest and Tigerair Philippines, among others.
- In 1954 the airport's international runway and associated taxiway were built, and in 1956, construction was started on a control tower and a terminal building for international passengers.
