Nonstop flight route between Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines and Columbus, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kalibo International Airport (KLO), Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines and Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,707 miles (or 14,012 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 Kalibo International Airport and Columbus Air Force Base, 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 Kalibo International Airport and Columbus Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kalibo International Airport (KLO):

• The Kalibo International Airport boasts of the busiest international flight activity in Western Visayas.
• Because of Kalibo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 41 feet, planes can take off or land at Kalibo 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 closest airport to Kalibo International Airport (KLO) is Roxas Airport (RXS), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of KLO.
• The furthest airport from Kalibo International Airport (KLO) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Kalibo International Airport (meaning Kalibo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• On March 31, 2008, construction of the airport's new terminal building commenced.
• In addition to being known as "Kalibo International Airport", another name for KLO is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Kalibo Paeuparang Pangkalibutan it Kalibo".
• Kalibo International Airport handled 1,832,168 passengers last year.
• Kalibo International Airport (KLO) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):

• The school used a number of trainers, including the AT-8, AT-9, AT-10, and B-25.
• But while the Air Force’s pilot training requirements were decreasing, its strategic air arm was expanding.During the 1950s, Strategic Air Command wings had become extremely large.
• On 8 January 1943, the War Department constituted and activated the 30th Flying Training Wing at Columbus and assigned it to the AAF Eastern Flying Training Command.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
• About half the pilots in the Air Force today went through basic and primary flight training at Columbus AFB.
• The closest airport to Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (UBS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of CBM.
• The furthest airport from Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,088 miles (17,844 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1965 the 454th converted to B-52D, which was re-engineered for conventional bomb missions over Southeast Asia, although some B-52Cs were also assigned during 1968–69.