Nonstop flight route between Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines and Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pagadian Airport (PAG), Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines and McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,936 miles (or 14,381 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 Pagadian Airport and McGuire AFB, 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 Pagadian Airport and McGuire AFB. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pagadian Airport (PAG):

• Pagadian Airport (PAG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Pagadian Airport", another name for PAG is "Paliparan ng PagadianTugpahanan sa Pagadian".
• PAL Express, a subsidiary of the Philippine Airlines, recently terminated its Manila-Pagadian-Manila and Cebu-Pagadian-Cebu routes but still maintains its ticketing office inside the airport.
• The furthest airport from Pagadian Airport (PAG) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Pagadian Airport (meaning Pagadian Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,293 miles (19,783 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• Because of Pagadian Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Pagadian 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 closest airport to Pagadian Airport (PAG) is Labo Airport (OZC), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) NE of PAG.
• The airport is located approximately 5 kilometers from the city center and is situated in Barangays Muricay and Tiguma, Pagadian City.
• The airport officially recommenced commercial operation on April 27, 2010 accommodating the first Cebu Pacific flight from Cebu City to Pagadian.

Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):

• The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
• In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".
• Military Air Transport Service took over jurisdiction of McGuire AFB on 1 July 1954 and took over the flight line of McGuire in 1956, with the ADC interceptors being reassigned.
• The supersonic Bomarc missiles were the first long-range anti-aircraft missiles in the world, and were equipped with a W40 nuclear warhead.
• The 305th Air Mobility Wing along with the 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, 108th Air Refueling Wing, 621st Contingency Response Wing, and the 514th Air Mobility Wing, has supported every major type of air mobility mission over the past 15 years.
• In late 1942, Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command took up tenant status at Fort Dix AAB.
• The furthest airport from McGuire AFB (WRI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,757 miles (18,921 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.