Nonstop flight route between Mataram, Indonesia and Galveston, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Selaparang Airport (AMI), Mataram, Indonesia and Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS), Galveston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,973 miles (or 16,051 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 Selaparang Airport and Scholes International Airport at Galveston, 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 Selaparang Airport and Scholes International Airport at Galveston. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Selaparang Airport (AMI):

• The furthest airport from Selaparang Airport (AMI) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is nearly antipodal to Selaparang Airport (meaning Selaparang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Tigre Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in El Tigre, Venezuela.
• The closest airport to Selaparang Airport (AMI) is Lombok International Airport (LOP), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) SE of AMI.
• Selaparang Airport (AMI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Taxi Mataram operated from the airport until 30 September 2011.
• On 28 July 2011 the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, published an announcement stating that from 1 October 2011 at 02:00 hrs all incoming and outgoing aircraft were to use the new Lombok International Airport in Central Lombok Regency.
• In February 2012, PT Angkasa Pura I has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Merukh Enterprise for utilizing the airport as aircraft maintenance area.
• Because of Selaparang Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Selaparang 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 "Selaparang Airport", another name for AMI is "Bandar Udara Internasional".

Facts about Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS):

• The furthest airport from Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,038 miles (17,764 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) has 2 runways.
• Because of Scholes International Airport at Galveston's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Scholes International Airport at Galveston 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 Lone Star Flight Museum is located at the airport and boasts a large collection of flying antique military aircraft as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.
• In addition to being known as "Scholes International Airport at Galveston", another name for GLS is "(former Galveston Army Air Field)".
• The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay.
• In January 1943, Galveston AAFld.
• The closest airport to Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) is Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) NW of GLS.