Nonstop flight route between Brainerd, Minnesota, United States and Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD), Brainerd, Minnesota, United States and Kuching International Airport (KCH), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,744 miles (or 14,073 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 Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport and Kuching 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 Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport and Kuching International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD):

• In addition to being known as "Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport", another name for BRD is "BR".
• The closest airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) is St. Cloud Regional Airport (STC), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) S of BRD.
• The furthest airport from Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,684 miles (17,193 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) has 3 runways.

Facts about Kuching International Airport (KCH):

• In addition to being known as "Kuching International Airport", another name for KCH is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching 古晋国际机场".
• The renovation increased terminal building floor space to 46,000 square metres and was completed 15 months ahead of schedule.
• The furthest airport from Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Ipiranga Airport (IPG), which is nearly antipodal to Kuching International Airport (meaning Kuching International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ipiranga Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Because of Kuching International Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuching 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 December 1972, the government accepted the Consultant's report.
• The closest airport to Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SW of KCH.
• Kuching International Airport was given a radical makeover, with the terminal completed in 2006 and the runway and taxiway extension fully completed in 2008.
• Kuching International Airport has two sides of baggage reclaim halls, one is for the domestic flights while the other one is for both international flights and flights outside Sarawak.
• Kuching International Airport (KCH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport terminal is capable of handling five million passengers per annum and it is the fourth busiest airport in Malaysia.
• Kuching International Airport handled 4,871,036 passengers last year.