Nonstop flight route between Rourkela, India and Bacolod City, Philippines:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rourkela Airport (RRK), Rourkela, India and Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD), Bacolod City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,643 miles (or 4,253 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 Rourkela 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 Rourkela 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: | RRK / VERK |
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| Location: | Rourkela, India |
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°15'23"N by 84°48'56"E |
| Area Served: | Rourkela, Odisha |
| Operator/Owner: | Steel Authority of India Limited |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 656 feet (200 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from RRK |
| More Information: | RRK 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 Rourkela Airport (RRK):
- A three member survey team of AAI that made a spot assessment of the Rourkela airstrip in October 2007 to find out the feasibility of re-introduction of air connectivity to the city expressed satisfaction over the existing infrastructure.
- The airstrip was constructed by the Tata Iron and Steel Company in 1950s for the purpose of carrying officials of the company, who regularly visited the area to survey and supervise the transportation of dolomite and other minerals from the district of Sundargarh for their industry.
- The closest airport to Rourkela Airport (RRK) is Birsa Munda Airport (IXR), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) NNE of RRK.
- Rourkela Airport is a private airport located near Chhend Colony, 6 kilometres west of the steel city of Rourkela in the state of Odisha.
- In addition to being known as "Rourkela Airport", other names for RRK include "राउरकेला हवाई अड्डे" and "Rā'urakēlā havā'ī aḍḍē".
- The furthest airport from Rourkela Airport (RRK) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,482 miles (18,478 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Rourkela Airport's relatively low elevation of 656 feet, planes can take off or land at Rourkela 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.
- Rourkela Airport (RRK) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD):
- 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 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.
- 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".
- The first aircraft ever to land at the airport was a small fourteen-seater turboprop owned by Vincent Aviation.
- The Bacolod-Silay International Airport has one primary runway 45 meters wide and 2,000 meters long.
- Bacolod-Silay International Airport handled 1,349,442 passengers last year.
- In February 1999, another JICA study was commissioned, this time on the detailed plan of the new airport.
- Airport transportation is accessible to passengers travelling in or out of the airport from Bacolod.
- Bacolod-Silay International Airport is the main airport serving the general area of Bacolod City, the capital city of Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
- Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) currently has only 1 runway.
