Nonstop flight route between Yankton, South Dakota, United States and Batu Berendam, Malaysia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chan Gurney Municipal Airport (YKN), Yankton, South Dakota, United States and Melaka International Airport (MKZ), Batu Berendam, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,084 miles (or 14,620 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 Chan Gurney Municipal Airport and Melaka International 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 Chan Gurney Municipal Airport and Melaka International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YKN / KYKN |
Airport Name: | Chan Gurney Municipal Airport |
Location: | Yankton, South Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°55'0"N by 97°23'8"W |
Operator/Owner: | Yankton, South Dakota |
Airport Type: | City of Yankton |
Elevation: | 398 feet (121 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YKN |
More Information: | YKN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MKZ / WMKM |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Batu Berendam, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°15'47"N by 102°15'8"E |
Area Served: | Malacca & Northern Johor, Peninsular Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 40 feet (12 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MKZ |
More Information: | MKZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Chan Gurney Municipal Airport (YKN):
- The closest airport to Chan Gurney Municipal Airport (YKN) is Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD), which is located 56 miles (91 kilometers) NE of YKN.
- Chan Gurney Municipal Airport (YKN) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Chan Gurney Municipal Airport (YKN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,586 miles (17,036 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Chan Gurney Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 398 feet, planes can take off or land at Chan Gurney Municipal 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.
Facts about Melaka International Airport (MKZ):
- Because of Melaka International Airport's relatively low elevation of 40 feet, planes can take off or land at Melaka 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 Melaka International Airport (MKZ) is Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) NW of MKZ.
- Melaka International Airport (MKZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport and particularly its control tower bears historical significance as it was the same tower which guided the plane of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, to land from London on 20 February 1956.
- In addition to being known as "Melaka International Airport", another name for MKZ is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Melaka".
- Currently, the airport services Sky Aviation which operates flights from Pekanbaru 5 times per week by Sky Aviation from Pekan Baru.
- The furthest airport from Melaka International Airport (MKZ) is Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS), which is nearly antipodal to Melaka International Airport (meaning Melaka International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Macas, Ecuador.
- Melaka International Airport handled 34,355 passengers last year.
- Currently the only airport Ground Handling Services provided by Oxysky Flight Support located at the Terminal Building serving the corporate, private jet and also Airlines.
- The airport is also used as the base of the Malaysian Flying Academy, which has been operating out of the airport since 1987.
- The airport had an earth breaking ceremony on 1 April 2006, and is currently undergoing an upgrade, due to be completed by 29 April 2009.