Nonstop flight route between Zamboanga City, Philippines and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM), Zamboanga City, Philippines and Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN), Aguadilla, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,572 miles (or 17,014 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 Zamboanga International Airport and Rafael Hernández 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 Zamboanga International Airport and Rafael Hernández Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM):

• Because of Zamboanga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Zamboanga 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.
• Overall operational statistics
• Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The national government through the DOTC, alloted 15 million pesos for the feasibility study of the project.
• The airport started off as Moret Field, an American airfield that was constructed from a rather poor Japanese airfield just north of Zamboanga.
• The furthest airport from Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) is Itaituba Airport (ITB), which is nearly antipodal to Zamboanga International Airport (meaning Zamboanga International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Itaituba Airport), and is located 12,209 miles (19,648 kilometers) away in Itaituba, Pará, Brazil.
• Zamboanga International Airport has one 2,610-meter primary runway.
• October 28, 2008 - Zamboanga International Airport Authority has finalised that observers and engineers are going to have an ocular inspection on the area's plan, to see the cost of the project and other prospect details.
• The airport has one terminal and a 30,000 square-meter apron.
• The closest airport to Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) is Ipil Airport (IPE), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) NNE of ZAM.
• Earlier, a consortium of international and local investors, offered to construct a modern airport in the city under a build-operate-transfer scheme.
• In addition to being known as "Zamboanga International Airport", another name for ZAM is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng ZamboangaAeropuerto Internacional de Zamboanga".
• Zamboanga International Airport handled 904,668 passengers last year.
• The development of the new airport for Zamboanga will involve approximately 175 hectares of land acquisition, including the areas for PALS and SALS, glide slope, future runway extension and parallel taxiway and 30-meter road right of way for the access road and diversion of existing barangay road.

Facts about Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN):

• Until 1974, the airport was an active military installation, Ramey Air Force Base, under the operational control of the Strategic Air Command.
• Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN) currently has only 1 runway.
• On February 20, 2012, it was announced by both the mayor of Aguadilla and the U.S.
• In the summer of 2007 Spirit Airlines announced plans to begin service from the airport to their hub in Ft.
• Because of Rafael Hernández Airport's relatively low elevation of 237 feet, planes can take off or land at Rafael Hernández 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 south side of the airport is the largest portion of the airport, but is currently undeveloped.
• The closest airport to Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN) is Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (MAZ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) S of BQN.
• The furthest airport from Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Rafael Hernández Airport (meaning Rafael Hernández Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,204 miles (19,641 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.