Nonstop flight route between Misawa, Aomori, Japan and Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ), Misawa, Aomori, Japan and Labo Airport (OZC), Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,492 miles (or 4,011 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 relatively short distance between Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō and Labo Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ):

• After the immediate postwar reconstruction of facilities, the first permanent USAAF tenant was the 613th Air Control and Warning Squadron, taking up residence on July 15, 1946 and providing air traffic control in the Misawa area for the next decade.
• The furthest airport from Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō", another name for MSJ is "Misawa AB".
• The 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing was relieved from its duties in South Korea on November 7, 1953 and resumed its host duties at the base.
• The closest airport to Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ) is JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MSJ.
• The 35th Fighter Wing also serves as the host unit to a variety of other tenant units representing three U.S.
• The first Japanese Air Self-Defense Force units were activated at Misawa in October 1954, and the first Japanese Northern Air Defense Force units began operations in 1957.

Facts about Labo Airport (OZC):

• The closest airport to Labo Airport (OZC) is Maria Cristina Airport (IGN), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) E of OZC.
• The furthest airport from Labo Airport (OZC) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Labo Airport (meaning Labo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,320 miles (19,827 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• Ozamiz-Labo Airport also serves the cities of Oroquieta and Tangub, some municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur, Lanao del Norte and some parts of Lanao del Sur.
• On June 16, 2009, after the expansion and widening of the runway and passed the runway jet requirement, the Airbus A319 successfully smooth landed at the airport by Cebu Pacific Air in the morning and the comeback Philippine Airlines at noon.
• In addition to being known as "Labo Airport", other names for OZC include "Paliparan ng Labo Tugpahanan sa Labo" and "OZC/RPMO".
• Labo Airport (OZC) currently has only 1 runway.
• On March 25, 2012, Philippine Airlines stopped their operations to/from Ozamiz as PR163 and PR164 and retake-over again to Airphil Express.
• Labo Airport handled 272,850 passengers last year.
• Because of Labo Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Labo 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.