Nonstop flight route between Long Semado, Sarawak, Malaysia and Houston, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Long Semado Airport (LSM), Long Semado, Sarawak, Malaysia and George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,312 miles (or 14,986 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 Long Semado Airport and George Bush Intercontinental 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 Long Semado Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Long Semado Airport (LSM):

• The closest airport to Long Semado Airport (LSM) is Ba'kelalan Airport (BKM), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) S of LSM.
• In addition to being known as "Long Semado Airport", another name for LSM is "Lapangan Terbang Long Semado".
• The furthest airport from Long Semado Airport (LSM) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Long Semado Airport (meaning Long Semado Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,375 miles (19,916 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Long Semado Airport (LSM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH):

• In 2011 Continental Airlines began service to Lagos.
• Houston Intercontinental had been scheduled to open in 1967, but design changes regarding the terminals created cost overruns and construction delays.
• The furthest airport from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,981 miles (17,672 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) has 5 runways.
• Terminal D opened in 1990 as the International Arrivals Building and was later renamed the Mickey Leland International Arrivals Building.
• On January 7, 2009, a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-800 departing Bush Intercontinental was the first U.S.
• In addition to being known as "George Bush Intercontinental Airport", another name for IAH is "Houston-Intercontinental".
• The site for Bush Intercontinental Airport was originally purchased by a group of Houston businessmen in 1957 to preserve the site until the city of Houston could formulate a plan for a second airport, supplanting what was then known as Houston Municipal Airport.
• Because of George Bush Intercontinental Airport's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at George Bush Intercontinental 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.
• Terminal A was one of the original two terminals to open in 1969 and was designed by Goleman & Rolfe and George Pierce-Abel B.
• In the late 1980s, Houston City Council considered a plan to rename the airport after Mickey Leland—an African-American congressman who died in an aviation accident in Ethiopia.
• The closest airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WNW of IAH.
• George Bush Intercontinental Airport handled 40,128,953 passengers last year.