Nonstop flight route between Santa Ana, California, United States and Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States and Mamburao Airport (MBO), Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,419 miles (or 11,939 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 MCAS El Toro and Mamburao 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 MCAS El Toro and Mamburao Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NZJ / KNZJ |
Airport Name: | MCAS El Toro |
Location: | Santa Ana, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°40'33"N by 117°43'51"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Marine Corps |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 383 feet (117 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from NZJ |
More Information: | NZJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MBO / RPUM |
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Location: | Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°12'29"N by 120°36'19"E |
Area Served: | Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MBO |
More Information: | MBO Maps & Info |
Facts about MCAS El Toro (NZJ):
- Already the largest Marine air station on the West Coast, in 1944, funds were approved to double its size and operations.
- The closing of MCAS El Toro ignited a political firestorm over the eventual fate of the facility.
- Because of MCAS El Toro's relatively low elevation of 383 feet, planes can take off or land at MCAS El Toro 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 May 1942, Lieutenant Colonel William Fox was directed to select the sites for all of the Marine Corps' West Coast air stations.
- Before the site could be developed for civilian use, the Department of the Navy was required to perform environmental remediation to clean up contaminated soil on the site.
- This faction lobbied strongly in favor of other uses for the property.
- The furthest airport from MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,486 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Over the years, the VOCs had seeped into the groundwater, resulting in a plume of contaminated groundwater extending for three miles to the west of the station.
- The closest airport to MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is John Wayne Airport (SNA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of NZJ.
- MCAS El Toro (NZJ) has 5 runways.
Facts about Mamburao Airport (MBO):
- The furthest airport from Mamburao Airport (MBO) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Mamburao Airport (meaning Mamburao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
- Mamburao Airport (MBO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Mamburao Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Mamburao 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 Mamburao Airport (MBO) is Lubang Airport (LBX), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) NW of MBO.
- In addition to being known as "Mamburao Airport", another name for MBO is "Paliparan ng Mamburao".