Nonstop flight route between Ironwood, Michigan, United States and Bacolod City, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD), Ironwood, Michigan, United States and Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD), Bacolod City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,979 miles (or 12,841 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 Gogebic-Iron County Airport and Bacolod-Silay 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 Gogebic-Iron County Airport and Bacolod-Silay International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD):

• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,524 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,092 in 2009, and 944 in 2010.
• The furthest airport from Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,857 miles (17,473 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport has not had scheduled commercial airline service since January 31, 2014, when Great Lakes Airlines discontinued its service to Minneapolis/St.
• The closest airport to Gogebic-Iron County Airport (IWD) is John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport (ASX), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) W of IWD.

Facts about Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD):

• The state-of-the-art main passenger terminal is equipped with a flight information display system, mechanized baggage handling systems for both inbound and outbound baggage, numerous security X-ray machines, and elevators and escalators.
• The closest airport to Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) is Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) W of BCD.
• Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first aircraft ever to land at the airport was a small fourteen-seater turboprop owned by Vincent Aviation.
• In addition to being known as "Bacolod-Silay International Airport", another name for BCD is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Bacolod-SilayPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Bacolod-Silay".
• Bacolod-Silay International Airport handled 1,349,442 passengers last year.
• The Bacolod-Silay International Airport has one primary runway 45 meters wide and 2,000 meters long.
• The Bacolod-Silay International Airport is designated as an International Airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.
• The furthest airport from Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Bacolod-Silay International Airport (meaning Bacolod-Silay International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,932 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The airport was complete as of July 16, 2007, although there was considerable debate over whether the airport should be opened due to the length of its runway.
• Bacolod-Silay International Airport is the main airport serving the general area of Bacolod City, the capital city of Negros Occidental in the Philippines.