Nonstop flight route between Abbottabad, Pakistan and Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Abbottabad Airport (AAW), Abbottabad, Pakistan and Kuching International Airport (KCH), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,239 miles (or 5,212 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 Abbottabad Airport and Kuching 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 Abbottabad Airport and Kuching 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: | AAW / OPAB |
Airport Name: | Abbottabad Airport |
Location: | Abbottabad, Pakistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°8'59"N by 73°13'1"E |
Area Served: | Abbottabad, Pakistan |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from AAW |
More Information: | AAW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KCH / WBGG |
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Location: | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°29'4"N by 110°20'16"E |
Area Served: | Kuching Division & Samarahan Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 89 feet (27 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KCH |
More Information: | KCH Maps & Info |
Facts about Abbottabad Airport (AAW):
- The furthest airport from Abbottabad Airport (AAW) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,929 miles (19,198 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Abbottabad Airport (AAW) is Muzaffarabad Airport (MFG), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) NE of AAW.
Facts about Kuching International Airport (KCH):
- In 1971, the Malaysian Government engaged a team of Canadian Consultants to make a Master Plan study of Kuching International Airport.
- The Sarawak Government is working closely with Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia to rationalise long-haul flights.
- The closest airport to Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SW of KCH.
- Kuching International Airport (KCH) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1962, the runway was extended once more to a length of 1921 meters to facilitate DeHavilland Comet-4 turbojet aircraft operations.
- As of 1999, two foreign airlines from both Singapore and Brunei as well as Malaysia's national carrier and as many as 8 private general aviation companies operated scheduled services into and out of Kuching International Airport.
- Because of Kuching International Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuching 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.
- In addition to being known as "Kuching International Airport", another name for KCH is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching 古晋国际机场".
- No city buses are available at the moment.
- The furthest airport from Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Ipiranga Airport (IPG), which is nearly antipodal to Kuching International Airport (meaning Kuching International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ipiranga Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Kuching International Airport handled 4,871,036 passengers last year.
- In 1980, consistent with the advent of Airbus A300B4 operations, it was imperative that the runway pavement strength be upgraded to meet the requirements of that particular aircraft.