Nonstop flight route between General Santos City, Philippines and Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between General Santos International Airport (GES), General Santos City, Philippines and Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,663 miles (or 13,942 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 Fort Wayne 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 General Santos International Airport and Fort Wayne 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: | GES / RPMR |
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| Location: | General Santos City, Philippines |
| GPS Coordinates: | 6°3'29"N by 125°5'45"E |
| Area Served: | General Santos City |
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 505 feet (154 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GES |
| More Information: | GES Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FWA / KFWA |
| Airport Name: | Fort Wayne International Airport |
| Location: | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°58'41"N by 85°11'43"W |
| Area Served: | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 814 feet (248 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FWA |
| More Information: | FWA Maps & Info |
Facts about General Santos International Airport (GES):
- Philippine Airlines A340-300 Aircraft
- General Santos International Airport (GES) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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".
- 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.
- 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.
- The closest airport to General Santos International Airport (GES) is Allah Valley Airport (AAV), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of GES.
- 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.
- Air-conditioned taxicabs and rent-a-car services are readily available at the airport's taxi and bus stand right outside the arrival area of the terminal building.
- General Santos International Airport handled 611,274 passengers last year.
- Interior Ticketing Area
Facts about Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA):
- In 2010 Fort Wayne International Airport changed concessions vendors from Air Host to First Class Concessions.
- Because of Fort Wayne International Airport's relatively low elevation of 814 feet, planes can take off or land at Fort Wayne 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.
- Fort Wayne International Airport is a public airport eight miles southwest of Fort Wayne, in Allen County, Indiana, United States.
- About six months after the legal closing of the American Airlines-US Airways merger, Fort Wayne International Airport and American Airlines Group announced twice-daily service to Philadelphia International Airport and daily flights to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, both legacy US Airways hubs.
- The furthest airport from Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,226 miles (18,066 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- At the end of World War II, the city of Fort Wayne bought the airport from the federal government's General Services Administration for $1, renaming it Baer Field/Fort Wayne Municipal Airport in 1946.
- The closest airport to Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Smith Field (SMD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) N of FWA.
- Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) has 3 runways.
