Nonstop flight route between Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia and Mason City, Iowa, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR), Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia and Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW), Mason City, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,920 miles (or 14,355 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 Abdul Halim Airport and Mason City Municipal 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 Sultan Abdul Halim Airport and Mason City Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AOR / WMKA |
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Location: | Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°11'39"N by 100°24'2"E |
Area Served: | Kedah, and Perlis, Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AOR |
More Information: | AOR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MCW / KMCW |
Airport Name: | Mason City Municipal Airport |
Location: | Mason City, Iowa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°9'28"N by 93°19'51"W |
Area Served: | Mason City, Iowa |
Operator/Owner: | City of Mason City |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1214 feet (370 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MCW |
More Information: | MCW Maps & Info |
Facts about Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR):
- Because of Sultan Abdul Halim Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Abdul Halim 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.
- Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR) is Langkawi International Airport (LGK), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) WNW of AOR.
- The furthest airport from Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR) is Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (meaning Sultan Abdul Halim Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,944 kilometers) away in Chiclayo, Peru.
- In addition to being known as "Sultan Abdul Halim Airport", another name for AOR is "Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim".
- Sultan Abdul Halim Airport handled 535,073 passengers last year.
Facts about Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW):
- The closest airport to Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW) is Forest City Municipal Airport (FXY), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) WNW of MCW.
- Great Lakes Airlines previously served the airport without funding from the EAS program and the airline flew direct to Chicago O'Hare up until October 28, 1998.
- The furthest airport from Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,784 miles (17,354 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Mason City Municipal Airport (MCW) has 2 runways.
- The airport was founded in 1927 by the Mason City Chamber of Commerce and the Clausen-Worden Post of the American Legion, hence its airport code "MCW".