Nonstop flight route between Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia and Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RMAF Butterworth (BWH), Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia and Lábrea Airport (LBR), Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,411 miles (or 18,365 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 RMAF Butterworth and Lábrea 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 RMAF Butterworth and Lábrea Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LBR / SWLB |
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Location: | Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°15'1"S by 64°47'2"W |
Area Served: | Lábrea |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 190 feet (58 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LBR |
More Information: | LBR Maps & Info |
Facts about RMAF Butterworth (BWH):
- In addition to being known as "RMAF Butterworth", another name for BWH is "TUDM Butterworth".
- The closest airport to RMAF Butterworth (BWH) is RMAF Butterworth (UTE), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of BWH.
- 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.
- In 1957, the RAF closed the station and it was transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force and it was promptly renamed as RAAF Station Butterworth, becoming the home to numerous Australian fighter and bomber squadrons stationed in Malaya during the Cold War era.
- On 30 June 1988, the airfield was handed over by RAAF to the Royal Malaysian Air Force and was renamed as RMAF Station Butterworth.
- 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.
Facts about Lábrea Airport (LBR):
- The furthest airport from Lábrea Airport (LBR) is Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI), which is nearly antipodal to Lábrea Airport (meaning Lábrea Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kota Kinabalu International Airport), and is located 12,330 miles (19,843 kilometers) away in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
- The closest airport to Lábrea Airport (LBR) is Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH), which is located 118 miles (189 kilometers) SSE of LBR.
- Lábrea Airport (LBR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Lábrea Airport's relatively low elevation of 190 feet, planes can take off or land at Lábrea 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 "Lábrea Airport", another name for LBR is "Aeroporto de Lábrea".