Nonstop flight route between Zamboanga City, Philippines and Newark/Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM), Zamboanga City, Philippines and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark/Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,989 miles (or 14,466 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 Newark Liberty 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 Zamboanga International Airport and Newark Liberty 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 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.
• The closest airport to Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) is Ipil Airport (IPE), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) NNE of ZAM.
• Zamboanga International Airport handled 904,668 passengers last year.
• Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) currently has only 1 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.
• On December 10, 2004, South Phoenix Airways announced their international flights to Sandakan and Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, but it was eventually cut due to poor load of passengers.
• The terminal building has a capacity of 400 passengers.
• In addition to being known as "Zamboanga International Airport", another name for ZAM is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng ZamboangaAeropuerto Internacional de Zamboanga".
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR):

• The furthest airport from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,746 miles (18,904 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Newark Liberty International Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Newark Liberty 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.
• In January 2012, Port Authority executive director Patrick Foye said $350 million would be spent on Terminal B, addressing complaints by passengers that they cannot move freely.
• The closest airport to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) is Linden Airport (LDJ), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SW of EWR.
• Newark Liberty is the third-largest hub for United Airlines, which is the airport's largest tenant.
• Terminal C, designed by Grad Associates and completed in 1988, has two ticketing levels, one for international check-in and one for domestic check-in.
• Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) has 3 runways.
• United Airlines Flight 93 pushed back from gate A17 at 8:01 am, on its way from Newark to San Francisco International Airport, on September 11, 2001.
• In the 1970s the airport became Newark International Airport.
• Underutilized through the 1970s, Newark expanded dramatically in the 1980s.