Nonstop flight route between Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Cabatuan / Santa Barbara, Iloilo, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ), Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO), Cabatuan / Santa Barbara, Iloilo, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,681 miles (or 10,752 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 Mainz Finthen Airport 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 Mainz Finthen Airport 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 Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ):

• In addition to being known as "Mainz Finthen Airport", other names for QMZ include "Flugplatz Mainz-Finthen" and "Advanced Landing Ground Y-64".
• The closest airport to Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of QMZ.
• Because of Mainz Finthen Airport's relatively low elevation of 525 feet, planes can take off or land at Mainz Finthen 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.
• Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) has 2 runways.
• As part of their commitment to NATO, United States Army forces returned to the Mainz area, and took over the airfield, which was renamed Finthen Army Airfield.
• With the end of the Cold War and the subsequent reorganization of U.S.
• Mainz Finthen Airport.
• The furthest airport from Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,959 miles (19,246 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

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

• Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) handled 1,707,969 passengers last year.
• 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.
• Iloilo International Airport, also known as Iloilo Airport, and as Cabatuan Airport, after the municipality of Cabatuan, Iloilo where it is located and sometimes Santa Barbara Airport for the nearby municipality of Santa Barbara, Iloilo.
• Iloilo International Airport has a 1,281-square-meter cargo terminal, designed to handle up to 11,500 tons of cargo annually.
• 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.
• 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.
• Out of the two proposals, the name Panay International Airport was dropped due to opposition by the Iloilo city and provincial governments, the mayor of Cabatuan and Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, all citing that it is illogical to rename an airport after an island as large as Panay.
• Local newspaper The News Today issued an informal survey asking Iloilo City residents what should be the name of the airport and why.
• In October 1995, the Iloilo city government announced its intention to construct a new airport outside the city in cooperation with the private sector.
• In addition to being known as "Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport)", another name for ILO is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng IloiloPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Iloilo".