Nonstop flight route between Madang, Papua New Guinea and Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Madang Airport (MAG), Madang, Papua New Guinea and Legazpi Airport (LGP), Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,974 miles (or 3,177 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 relatively short distance between Madang Airport and Legazpi Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Madang Airport (MAG):

• Madang Airport (MAG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Madang Airport (MAG) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,799 miles (18,988 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
• Liberated by Australian Army forces on 24 April 1944.
• The closest airport to Madang Airport (MAG) is Gusap Airport (GAP), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) SSE of MAG.
• During World War II, occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army in January 1943, as a forward operating airfield for aircraft based at Wewak.

Facts about Legazpi Airport (LGP):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Legazpi Airport", another name for LGP is "Paliparan ng Legazpi".
• 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.
• The closest airport to Legazpi Airport (LGP) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NE of LGP.
• In the mid-1990s, a Harrier jumpjet of the US Marines made an emergency landing here.
• Legazpi Airport (LGP) currently has only 1 runway.
• In early 2006, the proposed Southern Luzon International Airport was unveiled to the public in major newspapers.
• 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.
• Legazpi Airport in the Philippines is a major airport in the Bicol Region, serving the vicinity of Legazpi City in Albay.
• Legazpi Airport handled 435,151 passengers last year.