Nonstop flight route between Morong, Bataan, Philippines and Del Rio, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Subic Bay International Airport (SFS), Morong, Bataan, Philippines and Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,338 miles (or 13,419 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 Subic Bay International Airport and Laughlin Air Force Base, 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 Subic Bay International Airport and Laughlin Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Subic Bay International Airport (SFS):

• In January 2010, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Administrator and CEO Armand C.
• Subic Bay International Airport (SFS) currently has only 1 runway.
• On August 18, 2007, SBIA became one of the main diversion airports due to "Super Typhoon" Typhoon Sepat which struck Taiwan and parts of China and the Philippines.
• Because of Subic Bay International Airport's relatively low elevation of 64 feet, planes can take off or land at Subic Bay International 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 Subic Bay International Airport (SFS) is Clark International Airport (CRK), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NE of SFS.
• In addition to being known as "Subic Bay International Airport", another name for SFS is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Look ng Subic".
• The furthest airport from Subic Bay International Airport (SFS) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Subic Bay International Airport (meaning Subic Bay International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,290 miles (19,778 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
• The airport is also a base of a flight school Aeroflite Aviation Corp since 2006.

Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• The Air Force transferred jurisdiction of the base to the Strategic Air Command on April 1, 1957 and the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing moved there from Turner Air Force Base, Georgia.
• Laughlin U-2s were among the first to provide photographic evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba in 1962 when 4080th U-2 pilot Major Steve Heyser flew his U-2C over Cuba after taking off from Edwards AFB, California.
• Today, aircraft flown at Laughlin include the T-6A Texan II, the T-38C Talon and T-1A Jayhawk.
• The closest airport to Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Del Rio International Airport (DRT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of DLF.
• There were 651 households out of which 56.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.8% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.3% were non-families.
• The furthest airport from Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The median income for a household on the base was $38,625, and the median income for a family was $38,625.
• Aside from the reservoir outside of Del Rio for fishing and some lake diving, most forms of recreation are either in the town of Del Rio or across the border in Ciudad Acuña, however current DoD policy does not allow travel across the border for military personnel.