Nonstop flight route between Bakalalan, Sarawak, Malaysia and Hulhulé Island, Maldives:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ba'kelalan Airport (BKM), Bakalalan, Sarawak, Malaysia and Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE), Hulhulé Island, Maldives would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,900 miles (or 4,668 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 Ba'kelalan Airport and Ibrahim Nasir 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 Ba'kelalan Airport and Ibrahim Nasir International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Ba'kelalan Airport (BKM):

• The furthest airport from Ba'kelalan Airport (BKM) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Ba'kelalan Airport (meaning Ba'kelalan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,937 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Ba'kelalan Airport (BKM) is Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of BKM.
• Ba'kelalan Airport (BKM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Ba'kelalan Airport", other names for BKM include "Lapangan Terbang Bakelalan" and "BKM[1]".

Facts about Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE):

• Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, more commonly known as Malé International Airport, previously known as Hulhulé Airport, is the main international airport in the Maldives.
• 1Some of these flights make an intermediate stop in Colombo, but Turkish Airlines does not have traffic rights solely between Male and Colombo.
• More than 1200 employees from Maldives Airports Company Ltd will be transferred to GMR Malé International Airport Pvt.
• Ibrahim Nasir International first started out as a small strip of land in the then inhabited island of Hulhulé.
• Because of Ibrahim Nasir International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Ibrahim Nasir 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 "Ibrahim Nasir International Airport", another name for MLE is "އިބްރާހިމް ނާސިރު ބައިނަލްއަޤުވާމީ ވައިގެބަނދަރު".
• The closest airport to Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Villa International Airport (VAM), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SW of MLE.
• The furthest airport from Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,289 miles (18,168 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• In September 2010, GMR-MAHB consortium registered "GMR Malé International Airport Pvt.