Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Tacloban City, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London Heathrow Airport (LHR), London, England, United Kingdom and Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC), Tacloban City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,025 miles (or 11,306 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 London Heathrow Airport and Daniel Z. Romualdez 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 London Heathrow Airport and Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about London Heathrow Airport (LHR):

• Policing of the airport is the responsibility of the aviation security unit of the Metropolitan Police, although the army, including armoured vehicles of the Household Cavalry, has occasionally been deployed at the airport during periods of heightened security.
• Air traffic controllers at Heathrow Approach Control then guide the aircraft to their final approach, merging aircraft from the four holds into a single stream of traffic, sometimes as close as 2.5 nautical miles apart.
• In 2005, a substantial redesign and redevelopment of the terminal saw the opening of the new Eastern Extension, doubling the size of the departure lounge and creating additional seating as well as retail space.
• In the 1950s, Heathrow had six runways, arranged in three pairs at different angles in the shape of a hexagram with the permanent passenger terminal in the middle and the older terminal along the north edge of the field, and two of its runways would always be within 30° of the wind direction.
• The furthest airport from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,875 miles (19,112 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Heathrow lies 12 nautical miles west of Central London, and has two parallel east–west runways along with five terminals on a site that covers 12.14 square kilometres.
• The closest airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is RAF Northolt (NHT), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NNE of LHR.
• Because of London Heathrow Airport's relatively low elevation of 83 feet, planes can take off or land at London Heathrow 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.
• London Heathrow Airport (LHR) has 2 runways.

Facts about Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC):

• Operations of Cebu Pacific's Tacloban to Iloilo route has been ceased after Super Typhoon Haiyan.
• The closest airport to Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC) is Ormoc Airport (OMC), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TAC.
• A new terminal building has been proposed by the city government of Tacloban, to replace the current building.
• In addition to being known as "Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport", another name for TAC is "Paliparang Daniel Z. RomualdezLuparan Daniel Z. Romualdez".
• Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC) currently has only 1 runway.
• First known as San Jose Airstrip after the village it is located in, it was constructed as an airstrip for the U.S.
• The furthest airport from Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (meaning Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,364 miles (19,897 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The communications tower is located on the east end of the terminal building.
• Because of Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Daniel Z. Romualdez 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.
• Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport handled 1,140,000 passengers last year.