Nonstop flight route between Mountain View, California, United States and Cabatuan / Santa Barbara, Iloilo, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States and Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO), Cabatuan / Santa Barbara, Iloilo, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,101 miles (or 11,428 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 Moffett Federal Airfield and Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan 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 Moffett Federal Airfield and Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):

• As an aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy wanted to use the airship hangars at Moffett for blimp operations along with Pacific Coast.
• Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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 airship hangar's interior is so large that fog sometimes forms near the ceiling.
• After the crashing of the Macon on 12 February 1935, the Navy wanted to close Moffett Field due to its high cost of operations.
• The closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
• The naval air station was authorized by an Act of Congress, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 12 February 1931.
• Upon taking jurisdiction of Moffett Field, the Army took on the high cost of Hangar One's maintenance and wanted to inactivate the facility.
• The adjacent NASA Ames Research Center is also home to several wind tunnels, including the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex.
• Moffett Field's Hangars Two and Three were built at the beginning of WWII for a program of coastal defense.
• Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Moffett Field's "Hangar One" and the row of World War II blimp hangars are still some of the largest unsupported structures in the country.
• Narrow gauge tracks run through the length of the hangar.

Facts about Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO):

• Iloilo International Airport has a modern 35-meter tall control tower equipped with air navigation equipment and radar systems.
• In addition to being known as "Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport)", another name for ILO is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng IloiloPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Iloilo".
• The airport's problems continued to linger with it into the new millennium.
• Iloilo International Airport has one primary 2,500-meter runway 45 meters wide.
• The airport is located in Cabatuan, Iloilo, 19 kilometers northwest of Iloilo City on a 188-hectare site in Barangay Tabucan, Barangay Gaub, Barangay Duyan-Duyan and Barangay Manguna, all in Cabatuan, Iloilo.
• Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) handled 1,707,969 passengers last year.
• Local newspaper The News Today issued an informal survey asking Iloilo City residents what should be the name of the airport and why.
• Because of Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 168 feet, planes can take off or land at Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan 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 Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (meaning Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO) is Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) E of ILO.
• In addition to problems with the terminal building, both the airport's location and surrounding infrastructure were the subject of much complaint as well.
• Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was formally opened on June 13 with the arrival of the presidential aircraft at the new airport at around 9:50 am PST, with Governor Tupas leading provincial and city officials in welcoming the President to the new facility.
• Although multiple funding sources were originally considered by the NEDA to fund the airport's construction, it was decided that the project should avail of an official development assistance facility offered by the Japanese government through the then-newly formed Japan Bank for International Cooperation.