Nonstop flight route between Palmdale, California, United States and Cotabato City, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD), Palmdale, California, United States and Awang Airport (CBO), Cotabato City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,461 miles (or 12,007 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 Palmdale Regional Airport and Awang 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 Palmdale Regional Airport and Awang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD):

• Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) has 3 runways.
• The airport covers 5,832 acres at an elevation of 2,543 feet above mean sea level.
• Both the Air Force and its aircraft contractors needed a location away from major population centers - due to sonic booms, other noises and security concerns - but close enough to the major centers of aircraft design and production, while having excellent flying weather the year around.
• The furthest airport from Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,436 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The Blackbird Airpark Museum and the adjacent Palmdale Plant 42 Heritage Airpark have recently been opened on Plant 42 property along Avenue P with displays of the SR-71, U-2, Century Series fighters and other aircraft designed, engineered, manufactured, and flight tested at its facilities.
• The closest airport to Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) is General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NW of PMD.
• Between June 7 and December 31, 2007, the airport served 12,022 passengers, about 58 passengers per day.
• In 1989, Los Angeles World Airports, a department of the City of Los Angeles, and the U.S.
• The Federal Aviation Administration operates its Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center at its site on Plant 42 by Avenue P and 25th Street East.

Facts about Awang Airport (CBO):

• The furthest airport from Awang Airport (CBO) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Awang Airport (meaning Awang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,249 miles (19,713 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• Awang Airport (CBO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Awang Airport's relatively low elevation of 189 feet, planes can take off or land at Awang 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 Awang Airport (CBO) is Malabang Airport (MLP), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of CBO.
• Awang Airport handled 104,543 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Awang Airport", another name for CBO is "Paliparan ng Awang".