Nonstop flight route between Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia and Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH), Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia and Tawau Airport (TWU), Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,360 miles (or 10,236 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 Huahine – Fare Airport and Tawau 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 Huahine – Fare Airport and Tawau Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH):

• The closest airport to Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH) is Bora Bora Airport (BOB), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) WNW of HUH.
• The furthest airport from Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Huahine – Fare Airport (meaning Huahine – Fare Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,277 miles (19,758 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.
• Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Tawau Airport (TWU):

• Tawau airport has a 2,685 m × 47 m long fully service runway, namely runway 06/24.
• The closest airport to Tawau Airport (TWU) is Nunukan Airport (NNX), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TWU.
• Because of Tawau Airport's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Tawau 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 furthest airport from Tawau Airport (TWU) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Tawau Airport (meaning Tawau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,875 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Tawau Airport handled 1,202,344 passengers last year.
• At present, this airport is being expanded to accommodate medium wide-body aircraft with 2 aero bridges.
• Like other airports in the country, Tawau Airport is under the management of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.
• Tawau Airport (TWU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was subsequently opened to public in December 2001.
• An airport police station is located just at the opposite of the main terminal building.
• In addition to being known as "Tawau Airport", another name for TWU is "Lapangan Terbang Tawau".