Nonstop flight route between Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE), Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States and RMAF Butterworth (BWH), Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,794 miles (or 14,153 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 Bryce Canyon Airport and RMAF Butterworth, 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 Bryce Canyon Airport and RMAF Butterworth. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BCE / KBCE |
Airport Name: | Bryce Canyon Airport |
Location: | Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°42'23"N by 112°8'41"W |
Area Served: | Bryce Canyon, Utah |
Operator/Owner: | Garfield County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7590 feet (2,313 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BCE |
More Information: | BCE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWH / WMKB |
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Location: | Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°27'57"N by 100°23'27"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence (Malaysia) |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 8 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BWH |
More Information: | BWH Maps & Info |
Facts about Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE):
- Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) currently has only 1 runway.
- United Airlines Flight 608 a DC-6 was on a flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947 about 1.5 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, killing all 5 crew members and 47 passengers on board.
- Because of Bryce Canyon Airport's high elevation of 7,590 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BCE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BCE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The Garfield County Airport Hangar is significant as an unusual example of a log hangar.
- The closest airport to Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Panguitch Municipal Airport (PNU), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of BCE.
- The furthest airport from Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,168 miles (17,972 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about RMAF Butterworth (BWH):
- The closest airport to RMAF Butterworth (BWH) is RMAF Butterworth (UTE), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of BWH.
- In addition to being known as "RMAF Butterworth", another name for BWH is "TUDM Butterworth".
- The RAF airfield was subsequently captured by units of the advancing 25th Army on 20 December 1941 and the control of the airbase was to remain in the hands of IJA until the end of hostilities in September 1945.
- RMAF Butterworth (BWH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from RMAF Butterworth (BWH) is Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU), which is nearly antipodal to RMAF Butterworth (meaning RMAF Butterworth is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,900 kilometers) away in Piura, Peru.
- Because of RMAF Butterworth's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at RMAF Butterworth 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.
- During the Malayan Emergency that was to last from 1948 to 1960, RAF as well as RAAF and RNZAF units stationed at the airfield played an active role from 1950 in helping to curb the communist insurgency in the jungles of Malaya by attacking suspected hideouts and harassing the communist guerrillas.