Nonstop flight route between Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia and Trona, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RMAF Butterworth (BWH), Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia and Trona Airport (TRH), Trona, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,682 miles (or 13,971 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 RMAF Butterworth and Trona 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 RMAF Butterworth and Trona Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RMAF Butterworth (BWH):

• RAF Butterworth was officially opened in October 1941, as a Royal Air Force station which was a part of the British defence plan for defending the Malayan Peninsula against an imminent threat of invasion by the Imperial Japanese forces during World War II.
• During the Malayan Emergency that was to last from 1948 to 1960, RAF as well as RAAF and RNZAF units stationed at the airfield played an active role from 1950 in helping to curb the communist insurgency in the jungles of Malaya by attacking suspected hideouts and harassing the communist guerrillas.
• The closest airport to RMAF Butterworth (BWH) is RMAF Butterworth (UTE), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of BWH.
• On 30 June 1988, the airfield was handed over by RAAF to the Royal Malaysian Air Force and was renamed as RMAF Station Butterworth.
• RMAF Butterworth (BWH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1957, the RAF closed the station and it was transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force and it was promptly renamed as RAAF Station Butterworth, becoming the home to numerous Australian fighter and bomber squadrons stationed in Malaya during the Cold War era.
• The furthest airport from RMAF Butterworth (BWH) is Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU), which is nearly antipodal to RMAF Butterworth (meaning RMAF Butterworth is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,900 kilometers) away in Piura, Peru.
• In addition to being known as "RMAF Butterworth", another name for BWH is "TUDM Butterworth".
• Because of RMAF Butterworth's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at RMAF Butterworth 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.

Facts about Trona Airport (TRH):

• The furthest airport from Trona Airport (TRH) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,344 miles (18,257 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Trona Airport covers an area of 150 acres at an elevation of 1,718 feet above mean sea level.
• For the 12-month period ending April 9, 2012, the airport had 7,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day.
• Trona Airport (TRH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Trona Airport (TRH) is Inyokern Airport (IYK), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WSW of TRH.
• In addition to being known as "Trona Airport", another name for TRH is "L72".