Nonstop flight route between Tacloban City, Philippines and Lompoc, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC), Tacloban City, Philippines and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,105 miles (or 11,435 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 Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport and Vandenberg 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 Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport and Vandenberg 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 Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC):

• Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC) is Ormoc Airport (OMC), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TAC.
• On November 7–8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan roared through Tacloban and the Eastern Visayas Region.
• Operations of Cebu Pacific's Tacloban to Iloilo route has been ceased after Super Typhoon Haiyan.
• The furthest airport from Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (meaning Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,364 miles (19,897 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The administrative building houses the offices of airport staff and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.
• In September 13, 2012, the Budget department has released P4.6 billion to support the public-private partnership projects of the Department of Transportation and Communications.
• In addition to being known as "Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport", another name for TAC is "Paliparang Daniel Z. RomualdezLuparan Daniel Z. Romualdez".
• Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport handled 1,140,000 passengers last year.
• Because of Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Daniel Z. Romualdez 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):

• Joint Functional Component Command for Space
• In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".
• Vandenberg Air Force Base is named in honor of the late General Hoyt S.
• With the establishment of a separate Air Force in September 1947, Vandenberg became its first vice chief of staff under General Carl Spaatz, and succeeded him on 30 April 1948.
• The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Construction of the Army camp began in September 1941.
• The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
• As the war progressed, German and Italian prisoners of war were quartered at Camp Cooke.