Nonstop flight route between General Santos City, Philippines and Staunton / Waynesboro / Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between General Santos International Airport (GES), General Santos City, Philippines and Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD), Staunton / Waynesboro / Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,009 miles (or 14,498 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 Shenandoah Valley 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 General Santos International Airport and Shenandoah Valley Regional 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: | SHD / KSHD |
Airport Name: | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport |
Location: | Staunton / Waynesboro / Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°15'50"N by 78°53'47"W |
Area Served: | Staunton, Waynesboro, Harrisonburg |
Operator/Owner: | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Comm. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1201 feet (366 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SHD |
More Information: | SHD Maps & Info |
Facts about General Santos International Airport (GES):
- General Santos International Airport is an alternate international airport located in General Santos City, Philippines serving the greater area of SOCCSKSARGEN.
- Philippine Airlines Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet 2
- The closest airport to General Santos International Airport (GES) is Allah Valley Airport (AAV), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of GES.
- In 1993, the largest airport in Mindanao was built mainly on a fund granted by the United States Government amounting to USD 47.6 million through its United States Agency for International Development.
- In a few months time PAL commenced regular thrice weekly direct flights to and from Manila using a bigger and wider Airbus A300-B4 aircraft.
- Interior Ticketing Area
- 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.
- 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".
- General Santos International Airport handled 611,274 passengers last year.
- General Santos International Airport (GES) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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 is approximately 14 kilometers away from the central business district of General Santos City.
Facts about Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD):
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,746 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 8,364 enplanements in 2009, and 10,408 in 2010.
- Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport is a public airport located 10 nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Staunton, a city in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.
- The furthest airport from Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,601 miles (18,670 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In June 2013, Shenandoah Regional Airport received criticism when an inmate of the Virginia Department of Corrections escaped from a work program based there.
- The closest airport to Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) is Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport (CHO), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) ESE of SHD.
- Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) currently has only 1 runway.