Nonstop flight route between Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro Airport (MOC), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Legazpi Airport (LGP), Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,572 miles (or 18,623 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 Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro Airport and Legazpi 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 Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro Airport and Legazpi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro Airport (MOC):

• The airport is located 6 km from downtown Montes Claros.
• Since 1980 it is administrated by Infraero.
• The closest airport to Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro Airport (MOC) is Januária Airport (JNA), which is located 93 miles (150 kilometers) NNW of MOC.
• Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro Airport handled 322,176 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro Airport", another name for MOC is "Aeroporto de Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro".
• The furthest airport from Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro Airport (MOC) is Yap International Airport (YAP), which is located 11,923 miles (19,188 kilometers) away in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
• Montes Claros/Mário Ribeiro Airport (MOC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Legazpi Airport (LGP):

• 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 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.
• When Pope John Paul II visited the Philippines in 1981, his itinerary included Legazpi City.
• In February 2000, during a lull in nearby Mayon Volcano's eruption, a chartered Boeing 727 from Guam landed, bringing relief goods for evacuees.
• Legazpi Airport (LGP) currently has only 1 runway.
• On September 15, 2001, coming home from her state visit to Japan, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo flew to Legazpi non-stop from Tokyo using a chartered PAL Airbus A320, highlighting the capability of the airport to handle international air traffic.
• The jet age came to Legazpi in the late 1960s and by the 1970s Philippine Airlines introduced regular service to/from Manila using British Aircraft Corporation's BAC 1-11s.
• In addition to being known as "Legazpi Airport", another name for LGP is "Paliparan ng Legazpi".
• The closest airport to Legazpi Airport (LGP) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NE of LGP.
• Aside from PAL, Filipinas Orient Airways and Air Manila International served the airport before 1972, the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines.
• Legazpi Airport handled 435,151 passengers last year.