Nonstop flight route between Bintulu, Malaysia and Armidale, New South Wales, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bintulu Airport (BTU), Bintulu, Malaysia and Armidale Airport (ARM), Armidale, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,446 miles (or 5,545 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 Bintulu Airport and Armidale 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 Bintulu Airport and Armidale Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BTU / WBGB |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Bintulu, Malaysia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 3°7'27"N by 113°1'10"E |
| Area Served: | Bintulu Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 74 feet (23 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BTU |
| More Information: | BTU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ARM / YARM |
| Airport Name: | Armidale Airport |
| Location: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°31'41"S by 151°37'0"E |
| Area Served: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia |
| Operator/Owner: | Armidale Dumaresq Shire |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3556 feet (1,084 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ARM |
| More Information: | ARM Maps & Info |
Facts about Bintulu Airport (BTU):
- In addition to being known as "Bintulu Airport", other names for BTU include "Lapangan Terbang Bintulu" and "民都鲁机场".
- Because of Bintulu Airport's relatively low elevation of 74 feet, planes can take off or land at Bintulu 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.
- On 1 July 1968, Malaysia-Singapore Airlines introduced scheduled Fokker 27 services into Bintulu.
- The closest airport to Bintulu Airport (BTU) is Belaga Airport (BLG), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) ESE of BTU.
- Bintulu Airport (BTU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Bintulu Airport handled 779,774 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Bintulu Airport (BTU) is Carauari Airport (CAF), which is nearly antipodal to Bintulu Airport (meaning Bintulu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Carauari Airport), and is located 12,315 miles (19,820 kilometers) away in Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Bintulu Airport is an airport serving Bintulu, a town in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia.
Facts about Armidale Airport (ARM):
- A Tamworth-Armidale-Brisbane route was served by QantasLink until 2002, when the service was taken over by MacAir Airlines until January 2003, after which time it was operated by Sunshine Express Airlines before the company ceased scheduled flying in 2006.
- The furthest airport from Armidale Airport (ARM) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is located 11,955 miles (19,239 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
- The closest airport to Armidale Airport (ARM) is Inverell Airport (IVR), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) NNW of ARM.
- Armidale Airport (ARM) has 2 runways.
- Hazelton Airlines, an affiliate of Ansett Australia, operated between Sydney and Armidale from 1989 until the company collapsed in 2002.
