Nonstop flight route between Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines and Kandahar, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roxas Airport (RXS), Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,860 miles (or 6,212 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 Roxas Airport and Kabul 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 Roxas Airport and Kabul International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Roxas Airport (RXS):

• Roxas Airport (RXS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Roxas Airport handled 217,552 passengers last year.
• Because of Roxas Airport's relatively low elevation of 484 feet, planes can take off or land at Roxas 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 Roxas Airport (RXS) is Kalibo International Airport (KLO), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WNW of RXS.
• The furthest airport from Roxas Airport (RXS) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Roxas Airport (meaning Roxas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,408 miles (19,968 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Roxas Airport", another name for RXS is "Paliparan ng Roxas".

Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):

• The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.
• The Afghan government has been slow in rebuilding the facility, the vast majority of it has been reclaimed from years of neglect and damage by Soviet and Taliban soldiers.
• The airfield itself was built between 1956 and 1962 by American consultants, for a cost of USD 15 million.
• Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.
• With the closure of Camp Julien in Kabul in November 2005, most of the Canadian Forces personnel in Afghanistan were transferred to Kandahar province.
• The airport was built in the 1960s by the United States.
• Since the airport was designed as a military base, it is likely that the United States intended to use it in case there was a show-down of war between the United States and former USSR.
• Reconstruction and Canadian deployments
• In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
• During Operation Enduring Freedom in late 2001, Kandahar Airport was one of the first coalition bases established in Afghanistan.
• The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.