Nonstop flight route between Arthur's Town, Cat Island, Bahamas and Tengah, Singapore:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Arthur's Town Airport (ATC), Arthur's Town, Cat Island, Bahamas and Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA), Tengah, Singapore would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,639 miles (or 17,121 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 Arthur's Town Airport and Tengah Air Base (TAB), 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 Arthur's Town Airport and Tengah Air Base (TAB). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ATC / MYCA |
Airport Name: | Arthur's Town Airport |
Location: | Arthur's Town, Cat Island, Bahamas |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°37'45"N by 75°40'26"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 18 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ATC |
More Information: | ATC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TGA / WSAT |
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Location: | Tengah, Singapore |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°23'13"N by 103°42'30"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |
Airport Type: | Military airbase |
Elevation: | 50 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from TGA |
More Information: | TGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Arthur's Town Airport (ATC):
- Because of Arthur's Town Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Arthur's Town 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 Arthur's Town Airport (ATC) is New Bight Airport (NET), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SSE of ATC.
- The furthest airport from Arthur's Town Airport (ATC) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,852 miles (19,074 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Arthur's Town Airport (ATC) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA):
- RSAF F-16D prepares for flight
- The closest airport to Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) is Seletar Airport (XSP), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of TGA.
- An Avro Lincoln bomber of No 1 Bomber squadron dropping 500 pound bombs on Communist targets during the Malayan Emergency
- The furthest airport from Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Tengah Air Base (TAB) (meaning Tengah Air Base (TAB) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
- According to British MoD documents declassified in 2000, up to 48 Red Beard tactical nuclear weapons were secretly stowed in a highly secured weapons storage facility at Tengah, between 1962 and 1970, for possible use by the V bomber force detachment and for Britain's military commitment to South East Asia Treaty Organization.
- Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) has 3 runways.
- Because of Tengah Air Base (TAB)'s relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at Tengah Air Base (TAB) 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.
- Bristol Blenheim Mk Is of No.
- In addition to being known as "Tengah Air Base (TAB)", other names for TGA include "登加空军基地" and "Pangkalan Udara Tengah".
- As a show of force to deter the Indonesian President Sukarno from launching an all-out war during this period, the RAF also deployed a V bomber force detachment to Tengah in the form of Handley Page Victor B.1A bombers from 15 Squadron in August 1963, which was rotated with those dispersed to RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia.