Nonstop flight route between Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines and Aripuanã, Mato Grosso, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB), Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines and Aripuanã Airport (AIR), Aripuanã, Mato Grosso, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,208 miles (or 19,646 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 Mactan-Cebu International Airport and Aripuanã 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 Mactan-Cebu International Airport and Aripuanã Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between CEB and AIR makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Mactan-Cebu International Airport and Aripuanã Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between CEB and AIR are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines and Aripuanã, Mato Grosso, Brazil by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between CEB and AIR!

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Facts about Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB):

• The furthest airport from Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Mactan-Cebu International Airport (meaning Mactan-Cebu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Mactan-Cebu International Airport", another name for CEB is "Tugpahanang Pangkalibutan sa Mactan-SugboPaliparang Pandaigdig ng Mactan-Cebu".
• Mactan-Cebu International Airport handled 6,050,564 passengers last year.
• Because of Mactan-Cebu International Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Mactan-Cebu 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 Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB) is Tagbilaran Airport (TAG), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) S of CEB.
• Ramzi Yousef was on board Flight 434 from Manila when he planted the bomb beneath a vacant seat.
• In 2010, the newly elected Philippine President, Benigno Aquino III selected Nigel Paul Villarete as the new General Manager of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport and Chief Executive Officer of MCIAA.

Facts about Aripuanã Airport (AIR):

• In addition to being known as "Aripuanã Airport", other names for AIR include "Aeroporto de Aripuanã" and "SWRP".
• The closest airport to Aripuanã Airport (AIR) is Juruena Airport (JRN), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) E of AIR.
• The furthest airport from Aripuanã Airport (AIR) is Cuyo Airport (CYU), which is nearly antipodal to Aripuanã Airport (meaning Aripuanã Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cuyo Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,931 kilometers) away in Cuyo, Palawan, Philippines.
• Because of Aripuanã Airport's relatively low elevation of 623 feet, planes can take off or land at Aripuanã 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.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• The airport is located 3 km from downtown Aripuanã.
• Aripuanã Airport (AIR) currently has only 1 runway.