Nonstop flight route between Manila, Arkansas, United States and Bangkok, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Manila Municipal Airport (MXA), Manila, Arkansas, United States and Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK), Bangkok, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,937 miles (or 14,383 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 Manila Municipal Airport and Suvarnabhumi 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 Manila Municipal Airport and Suvarnabhumi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Manila Municipal Airport (MXA):

• The furthest airport from Manila Municipal Airport (MXA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,003 miles (17,708 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Manila Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 242 feet, planes can take off or land at Manila Municipal 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.
• Manila Municipal Airport covers an area of 630 acres at an elevation of 242 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Manila Municipal Airport (MXA) is Arkansas International Airport (BYH), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ENE of MXA.
• Manila Municipal Airport (MXA) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK):

• Because of Suvarnabhumi Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Suvarnabhumi 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 8,400 acres plot of land occupied by the airport was purchased in 1973, but the student-led protests on 14 October that year led the overthrow of the military government of Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn and the project was shelved.
• Full tests of the airport took place on 3 and 29 July 2006.
• The airport inherited the airport code, BKK, from Don Mueang after the older airport ceased international commercial flights.
• The integration of structural form into overall aesthetics is a phenomenon personally described by Helmut Jahn as "archi-neering".
• The Engineering Institute of Thailand sent a formal warning to the AoT in November 2006 about the urgent need to drain water from beneath the tarmac, and the need for immediate action.
• The closest airport to Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) is Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of NBK.
• The furthest airport from Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Suvarnabhumi Airport (meaning Suvarnabhumi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.
• Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Suvarnabhumi Airport", other names for NBK include "ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ" and "BKK".