Nonstop flight route between Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines and Temple, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT), Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines and Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (TPL), Temple, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,382 miles (or 13,489 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 Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional 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 Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional 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):

• 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.
• Moises R. Espinosa Airport handled 44,068 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT) is Legazpi Airport (LGP), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) N of MBT.
• In addition to being known as "Moises R. Espinosa Airport", another name for MBT is "Paliparang Moises R. Espinosa".
• Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.
• A Zest Airways plane at Masbate Airport.

Facts about Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (TPL):

• In addition to being known as "Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport", another name for TPL is "(former Temple Army Airfield)".
• The furthest airport from Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (TPL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,005 miles (17,712 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (TPL) has 2 runways.
• Because of Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 682 feet, planes can take off or land at Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional 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 Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (TPL) is Skylark Field (ILE), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) WSW of TPL.
• With the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the City of Temple, which closed "Temple Municipal Airport," and renamed Temple Army Airfield "Draughon-Miller" in honor of two Temple fliers who had died in World War II.