Nonstop flight route between Metro Manila, Philippines and Clinton, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), Metro Manila, Philippines and Clinton-Sampson County Airport (CTZ), Clinton, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,789 miles (or 14,145 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 Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Clinton-Sampson County 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 Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Clinton-Sampson County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL):

• Ninoy Aquino International Airport handled 3,286,500 passengers last year.
• The recommendation was to build two new terminals, and in 1998 Terminal 2 was completed.
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• In December 2004, the Philippine government expropriated the terminal project from Piatco through an order of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court.
• 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.
• In 1991, the French government granted a 30 million franc soft loan to the Philippine government, which was to be used to cover the Detailed Architectural and Engineering Design of the NAIA Terminal 2.
• In addition to being known as "Ninoy Aquino International Airport", another name for MNL is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino".
• NAIA is one two airports in the Philippines that meet the infrastructure requirements for the Airbus A380.
• The third terminal of the airport, Terminal 3 or NAIA-3, is the newest and biggest terminal in the NAIA complex, wherein construction started in 1997.
• 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.
• The Philippine government has made a new plan where Terminal 3 would be 100% operational by the end of 2011, but lowered their goal to 55% operational after further study.

Facts about Clinton-Sampson County Airport (CTZ):

• The closest airport to Clinton-Sampson County Airport (CTZ) is Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) W of CTZ.
• Clinton-Sampson County Airport (CTZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Clinton-Sampson County Airport (CTZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,667 miles (18,776 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Clinton-Sampson County Airport's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Clinton-Sampson County 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.