Nonstop flight route between Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines and Ponce, Puerto Rico:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Roxas Airport (RXS), Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines and Mercedita Airport (PSE), Ponce, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,295 miles (or 16,568 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 Mercedita 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 Mercedita Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RXS / RPVR |
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| Location: | Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines |
| GPS Coordinates: | 11°35'52"N by 122°45'6"E |
| Area Served: | Roxas City |
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 484 feet (148 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from RXS |
| More Information: | RXS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PSE / TJPS |
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| Location: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| GPS Coordinates: | 18°0'29"N by 66°33'47"W |
| Area Served: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Operator/Owner: | Puerto Rico Ports Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 29 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PSE |
| More Information: | PSE Maps & Info |
Facts about Roxas Airport (RXS):
- 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.
- Roxas Airport handled 217,552 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Roxas Airport", another name for RXS is "Paliparan ng Roxas".
- Roxas Airport (RXS) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
Facts about Mercedita Airport (PSE):
- The furthest airport from Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Mercedita Airport (meaning Mercedita Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,201 miles (19,636 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNW of PSE.
- On August 12, 1981, an Air Florida plane with 125 Haitian refugees aboard landed at Mercedita en route to the Fort Allen facility in Juana Diaz, part of the 1981 Haitian refugees exodus.
- In 1949, however, it was determined that the runway of the Ponce Airport at the nearby Losey Field no longer met the newer and more stringent minimum airport safety requirements, and airport operations were suspended.
- Realtime departures and arrivals information is available online.
- Mercedita Airport (PSE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Mercedita Airport", other names for PSE include "Aeropuerto Mercedita" and "18.00'30"N, 66.33'47"W".
- Mercedita Airport covers an area of 274 acres at an elevation of 29 feet above mean sea level.
- Passenger movement at the airport in FY 2008 was 278,911, a 1,228% increase over fiscal year 2003 and the highest of all the regional airports for that 5-year period.
- Because of Mercedita Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Mercedita 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.
- Built in 1939, Mercedita was originally a modest aerodrome used for the airborne irrigation of sugarcane fields belonging to Destilería Serrallés.
- On June 17, 2005, JetBlue Airways began daily, non-stop service between John F.
