Nonstop flight route between Bunyu, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia and Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bunyu Airport (BYQ), Bunyu, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia and Stephenville Airport (YJT), Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,838 miles (or 14,223 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 Bunyu Airport and Stephenville 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 Bunyu Airport and Stephenville Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bunyu Airport (BYQ):

• Bunyu Airport (BYQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bunyu Airport (BYQ) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Bunyu Airport (meaning Bunyu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,354 miles (19,881 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Because of Bunyu Airport's relatively low elevation of 118 feet, planes can take off or land at Bunyu 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 "Bunyu Airport", another name for BYQ is "Bandar Udara Bunyu".
• The closest airport to Bunyu Airport (BYQ) is Juwata Airport (TRK), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) WSW of BYQ.

Facts about Stephenville Airport (YJT):

• Since the late 1990s, Stephenville has been designated as one of five Canadian airports suitable as an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle.
• The airport serves not only the town of Stephenville, but the city of Corner Brook to the north, and as far south as Port aux Basques, making the total catchment 90,000 people.
• On April 23, 2014, Porter Airlines announced it would operate a seasonal summer service to Halifax Stanfield International Airport between June 28 and August 31, 2014.
• Stephenville Airport (YJT) has 2 runways.
• Because of Stephenville Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Stephenville 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.
• The furthest airport from Stephenville Airport (YJT) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,479 miles (18,474 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Stephenville Airport (YJT) is Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) NE of YJT.
• The mandate of the base was to maintain a tanker alert force and its capability to meet and refuel Strategic Air Command jet bombers en route to targets.
• The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.