Nonstop flight route between Johannesburg, South Africa and Bacolod City, Philippines:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rand Airport (QRA), Johannesburg, South Africa and Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD), Bacolod City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,844 miles (or 11,014 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 Rand Airport and Bacolod-Silay International 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 Rand Airport and Bacolod-Silay International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QRA / FAGM |
Airport Name: | Rand Airport |
Location: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°14'32"S by 28°9'3"E |
Operator/Owner: | Rand Airport Management Company (Pty) Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5482 feet (1,671 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from QRA |
More Information: | QRA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BCD / RPVB |
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Location: | Bacolod City, Philippines |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°46'35"N by 123°0'55"E |
Area Served: | Bacolod City |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BCD |
More Information: | BCD Maps & Info |
Facts about Rand Airport (QRA):
- The control tower and main terminal building as seen from the airside.
- The closest airport to Rand Airport (QRA) is O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NE of QRA.
- The recently upgraded fire station.
- Rand Airport (QRA) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Rand Airport (QRA) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,977 miles (19,275 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
- Because of Rand Airport's high elevation of 5,482 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at QRA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make QRA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- SAA moved its headquarters to Palmietfontein Airport in 1948 because of runway length constraints.
- Boeing 747SP at the South African Airways Museum Society situated near the threshold of Runway 29.
- Rand Airport is a popular location for filmmaking for both the local and international film industries.
Facts about Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD):
- The furthest airport from Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Bacolod-Silay International Airport (meaning Bacolod-Silay International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,932 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
- Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Bacolod-Silay International Airport", another name for BCD is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Bacolod-SilayPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Bacolod-Silay".
- Airport transportation is accessible to passengers travelling in or out of the airport from Bacolod.
- Bacolod-Silay International Airport handled 1,349,442 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) is Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) W of BCD.
- The airport is equipped with an Instrument Landing System, making it capable of handling night and low-visibility landings.
- The largest building in the complex is the 6,187-square-meter main passenger terminal with three levels.
- The project was opened for bidding on August 25, 2003, with the winning bid going to the Takenaka-Itochu Joint Venture.