Nonstop flight route between Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Metro Manila, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), Metro Manila, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,139 miles (or 9,880 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 Sarajevo International Airport and Ninoy Aquino 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 Sarajevo International Airport and Ninoy Aquino 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 Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ):

• First regular flights to Sarajevo using an airfield in the suburb of Butmir begin in 1930 when the domestic airliner Aeroput opened a regular route linking Belgrade to Podgorica through Sarajevo.
• In addition to being known as "Sarajevo International Airport", other names for SJJ include "Međunarodni aerodrom Sarajevo", "Međunarodna zračna luka Sarajevo" and "Међународни аеродром Сарајево".
• The closest airport to Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ) is Mostar International Airport (OMO), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) SSW of SJJ.
• Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport re-opened to civilian air traffic on 16 August 1996 and has since been renovated and slowly returned to its former glory.
• The furthest airport from Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,701 miles (18,830 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Sarajevo Airport opened on 2 June 1969 for domestic traffic.
• In 2013 Sarajevo International Airport had 665.638 passengers which is more than all of the other airports in Bosnia-Herzegovina had together and a 14.7% increase from 2012, this is the highest number of passengers per year since the reopening of the airport.

Facts about Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL):

• The furthest airport from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (meaning Ninoy Aquino International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,291 miles (19,780 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) has 2 runways.
• In December 2004, the Philippine government expropriated the terminal project from Piatco through an order of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court.
• In 1991, the French government granted a 30 million franc soft loan to the Philippine government, which was to be used to cover the Detailed Architectural and Engineering Design of the NAIA Terminal 2.
• NAIA has a primary runway long), running at 061°/241°, and a secondary runway long), running at 136°/316°.
• The rehabilitation of Terminal 1 will be completed by November 2014.
• In addition to being known as "Ninoy Aquino International Airport", another name for MNL is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino".
• The original airport that served Manila, Grace Park Airfield, also known as Manila North, was opened in 1935 in Grace Park, Caloocan.
• Its apron area has a size of 147,400 square metres.
• The original proposal for the construction of a third terminal was proposed by Asia's Emerging Dragon Corporation.
• The closest airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) is Major Danilo Atienza Air Base (SGL), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) W of MNL.
• While the original agreement was one in which PairCargo and Fraport AG would operate the airport for several years after its construction, followed by a handing over of the terminal to the Philippine Government, the government offered to buy out Fraport AG for $400 million, to which Fraport agreed.
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport handled 3,286,500 passengers last year.
• Because of Ninoy Aquino International Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Ninoy Aquino 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.