Nonstop flight route between Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines and Canton Island, Kiribati:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT), Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines and Canton Island Airport (CIS), Canton Island, Kiribati would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,558 miles (or 7,336 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 Moises R. Espinosa Airport and Canton Island 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 Moises R. Espinosa Airport and Canton Island Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT):

• Moises R. Espinosa Airport handled 44,068 passengers last year.
• Because of Moises R. Espinosa Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Moises R. Espinosa 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 furthest airport from Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Moises R. Espinosa Airport (meaning Moises R. Espinosa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal 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.
• Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Moises R. Espinosa Airport", another name for MBT is "Paliparang Moises R. Espinosa".
• The closest airport to Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT) is Legazpi Airport (LGP), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) N of MBT.

Facts about Canton Island Airport (CIS):

• The airport was used as a military airfield during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 and 1943, initially being used by the 40th Ferrying Squadron, Ferrying Command as an airfield for moving combat aircraft to forward combat units.
• Canton Island Airport (CIS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Kanton Island airport continued to see use during the 1950s as a trans-Pacific stopover for DC-4, DC-6B and DC-7C aircraft for Pan American, British Commonwealth Pacific, Qantas and Canadian Pacific Airlines, but with the advent of long-range jet aircraft during the 1960s, their need for the island faded, and the airfield and its associated facilities were ultimately abandoned in 1965.
• Canton Island Airport is an airport located on Kanton Island, in the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati.
• During World War II, Kanton Island was considered part of the British-controlled Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony.
• Because of Canton Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Canton Island 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 furthest airport from Canton Island Airport (CIS) is Malabo International Airport (SSG), which is nearly antipodal to Canton Island Airport (meaning Canton Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Malabo International Airport), and is located 12,363 miles (19,896 kilometers) away in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
• The closest airport to Canton Island Airport (CIS) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is located 741 miles (1,193 kilometers) WSW of CIS.