Nonstop flight route between Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia and Aalesund, Norway:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan (KUA), Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia and Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES), Aalesund, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,212 miles (or 9,997 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 Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan and Ålesund Airport, Vigra, 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 Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan and Ålesund Airport, Vigra. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUA / WMKD |
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Location: | Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°46'10"N by 103°12'33"E |
Area Served: | Pahang, Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 58 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUA |
More Information: | KUA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AES / ENAL |
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Location: | Aalesund, Norway |
GPS Coordinates: | 62°33'45"N by 6°7'10"E |
Area Served: | Ålesund, Norway |
Operator/Owner: | Avinor |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 70 feet (21 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AES |
More Information: | AES Maps & Info |
Facts about Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan (KUA):
- Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan handled 280,074 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan", another name for KUA is "Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ahmad Shah / TUDM Kuantan".
- The furthest airport from Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan (KUA) is Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan (meaning Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport), and is located 12,300 miles (19,795 kilometers) away in Macas, Ecuador.
- Because of Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan's relatively low elevation of 58 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan 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 Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan (KUA) is Kerteh Airport (KTE), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NNE of KUA.
- Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan (KUA) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES):
- In addition to being known as "Ålesund Airport, Vigra", another name for AES is "Ålesund lufthavn, Vigra".
- The closest airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) is Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden (HOV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) S of AES.
- Ålesund Airport, Vigra handled 1,077,209 passengers last year.
- In 1998 the new low-cost carrier Color Air started services to the new Oslo-Gardermoen.
- Norwegian Air Shuttle to Trondheim-Værnes, Bergen-Flesland
- Scheduled services are offered by Norwegian, Scandinavian Airlines, KLM, airBaltic and WizzAir.
- Because of Ålesund Airport, Vigra's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Ålesund Airport, Vigra 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.
- Color Air to Oslo-Gardermoen
- The furthest airport from Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,147 miles (17,940 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Krohn Air to Trondheim-Værnes
- Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) currently has only 1 runway.