Nonstop flight route between High Level, Alberta, Canada and Jolo, Sulu, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between High Level Airport (YOJ), High Level, Alberta, Canada and Jolo Airport (JOL), Jolo, Sulu, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,947 miles (or 11,180 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 High Level Airport and Jolo 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 High Level Airport and Jolo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about High Level Airport (YOJ):

• The closest airport to High Level Airport (YOJ) is Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP), which is located 81 miles (131 kilometers) W of YOJ.
• High Level Airport (YOJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from High Level Airport (YOJ) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,046 miles (16,168 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.

Facts about Jolo Airport (JOL):

• Jolo Airport (JOL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jolo Airport (JOL) is Maués Airport (MBZ), which is nearly antipodal to Jolo Airport (meaning Jolo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maués Airport), and is located 12,231 miles (19,683 kilometers) away in Maués, Amazonas, Brazil.
• At the end of the war, the airport, then owned by the United States military, was turned over to the Sulu provincial government.
• Jolo Airport is the airport serving the general area of Jolo, located in the province of Sulu in the Philippines.
• Jolo Airport was constructed in the 1940s during World War II as a staging point for American fighter aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Jolo Airport", another name for JOL is "Paliparan ng Jolo".
• The closest airport to Jolo Airport (JOL) is Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM), which is located 94 miles (151 kilometers) NE of JOL.
• Because of Jolo Airport's relatively low elevation of 118 feet, planes can take off or land at Jolo 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.
• Jolo Airport handled 18,749 passengers last year.
• A three million-dollar expansion project, financed by the United States, seeks to rehabilitate the old airport by expanding the current runway to over 2,000 meters, enabling aircraft as large as the Boeing 737 to land at the airport.