Nonstop flight route between Makoua, Republic of the Congo and Metro Manila, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Makoua Airport (MKJ), Makoua, Republic of the Congo and Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), Metro Manila, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,250 miles (or 11,668 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 Makoua Airport and Ninoy Aquino International 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 Makoua Airport and Ninoy Aquino International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Makoua Airport (MKJ):

• The closest airport to Makoua Airport (MKJ) is Owando Airport (FTX), which is located 44 miles (70 kilometers) SE of MKJ.
• The furthest airport from Makoua Airport (MKJ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,930 miles (19,199 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL):

• In addition to being known as "Ninoy Aquino International Airport", another name for MNL is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino".
• The terminal reached capacity in 1991, when it registered a total passenger volume of 4.53 million.
• While the original agreement was one in which PairCargo and Fraport AG would operate the airport for several years after its construction, followed by a handing over of the terminal to the Philippine Government, the government offered to buy out Fraport AG for $400 million, to which Fraport agreed.
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport handled 3,286,500 passengers last year.
• The Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA /ˈnaɪ.ə/, also known as Manila International Airport, is the airport serving Manila and its surrounding metropolitan area.
• The closest airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) is Major Danilo Atienza Air Base (SGL), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) W of MNL.
• Because of Ninoy Aquino International Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Ninoy Aquino International 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.
• Officially, NAIA is the only airport serving the Manila area.
• The furthest airport from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (meaning Ninoy Aquino International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,291 miles (19,780 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
• According to Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya, Terminal 5 is currently in design stage and is targeted to be erected beside Terminal 3.
• Terminal 3 began partial operations at 05:15am on July 22, 2008 with 16 inbound and outbound domestic flights from Cebu Pacific.
• The old international terminal would serve as Manila's domestic airport until another fire damaged it in May 1985.
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) has 2 runways.