Nonstop flight route between Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines and Marietta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Legazpi Airport (LGP), Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines and Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,691 miles (or 13,987 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 Legazpi Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve 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 Legazpi Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Legazpi Airport (LGP):

• Because of Legazpi Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Legazpi 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.
• In February 2000, during a lull in nearby Mayon Volcano's eruption, a chartered Boeing 727 from Guam landed, bringing relief goods for evacuees.
• Legazpi Airport handled 435,151 passengers last year.
• Although operating as sunrise-sunset due to lack of an instrument landing system, the airport can handle night landings and take-off but only on prior notice.
• The jet age came to Legazpi in the late 1960s and by the 1970s Philippine Airlines introduced regular service to/from Manila using British Aircraft Corporation's BAC 1-11s.
• The closest airport to Legazpi Airport (LGP) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NE of LGP.
• Legazpi Airport (LGP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Legazpi Airport (LGP) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Legazpi Airport (meaning Legazpi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,281 miles (19,765 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• Legazpi Airport in the Philippines is a major airport in the Bicol Region, serving the vicinity of Legazpi City in Albay.
• In addition to being known as "Legazpi Airport", another name for LGP is "Paliparan ng Legazpi".

Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):

• The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.
• Over the years, a wide variety of Air Force aircraft have been stationed at Dobbins AFB with the Air Guard and Reserves including the P-51, F-84, F-86, C-97, C-123, C-124, F-100, F-105, F-4, C-7, C-130, and the F-15.
• In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
• In 1948, part of the land and barracks at the original Naval Air Station Atlanta in nearby Chamblee were given to the state for the purpose of creating an engineering technology school that could rapidly train returning soldiers for civilian work in various technical fields.
• Originally intended by Cobb County, Georgia as an alternative airfield for Atlanta's Candler Field, this airfield was constructed in 1941 as Rickenbacker Field.
• The Department of War, in turn, announced that it would not contest the wish of the Department of the Navy to take over Rickenbacker Field, and that it would build its new factory elsewhere.
• The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.