Nonstop flight route between General Santos City, Philippines and Er-Rachidia (Errachidia), Morocco:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between General Santos International Airport (GES), General Santos City, Philippines and Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (ERH), Er-Rachidia (Errachidia), Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,204 miles (or 13,203 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 General Santos International Airport and Moulay Ali Cherif 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 General Santos International Airport and Moulay Ali Cherif Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about General Santos International Airport (GES):

• General Santos International Airport handled 611,274 passengers last year.
• Because of General Santos International Airport's relatively low elevation of 505 feet, planes can take off or land at General Santos 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.
• General Santos International Airport (GES) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first international chartered flight to land in General Santos International Airport was of former President Fidel V.
• The furthest airport from General Santos International Airport (GES) is Itaituba Airport (ITB), which is nearly antipodal to General Santos International Airport (meaning General Santos International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Itaituba Airport), and is located 12,290 miles (19,779 kilometers) away in Itaituba, Pará, Brazil.
• Philippine Airlines A340-300 Aircraft
• The closest airport to General Santos International Airport (GES) is Allah Valley Airport (AAV), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of GES.
• Bigger aircraft such as Boeing 747-400, Airbus 340 and Airbus 330 come to the airport due to tuna cargo and increase of passengers, leaving the airport as the only domestic destination of the Philippine Airlines besides PAL Express.
• Cebu Pacific, currently the country's largest low-cost carrier, finally commenced daily flights to and from Manila on October 2, 2006, initially deploying Airbus A319 aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "General Santos International Airport", another name for GES is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Heneral SantosTugpahanang Pangkalibutanon sa Heneral SantosPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Heneral Santos".

Facts about Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (ERH):

• The closest airport to Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (ERH) is Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport (CBH), which is located 127 miles (205 kilometers) E of ERH.
• In addition to being known as "Moulay Ali Cherif Airport", other names for ERH include "مطار مولاي علي الشريف" and "Moulay Ali Cherif".
• Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (ERH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (ERH) is Kerikeri Airport (KKE), which is nearly antipodal to Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (meaning Moulay Ali Cherif Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kerikeri Airport), and is located 12,188 miles (19,615 kilometers) away in Kerikeri, New Zealand.