Nonstop flight route between Denison, Iowa, United States and Butterworth, South Africa:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Denison Municipal Airport (DNS), Denison, Iowa, United States and RMAF Butterworth (UTE), Butterworth, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,011 miles (or 14,502 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 Denison Municipal Airport and RMAF Butterworth, 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 Denison Municipal Airport and RMAF Butterworth. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DNS / KDNS |
Airport Name: | Denison Municipal Airport |
Location: | Denison, Iowa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°59'12"N by 95°22'50"W |
Area Served: | Denison, Iowa |
Operator/Owner: | City of Denison |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1274 feet (388 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from DNS |
More Information: | DNS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UTE / FABU |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Butterworth, South Africa |
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 UTE |
More Information: | UTE Maps & Info |
Facts about Denison Municipal Airport (DNS):
- The furthest airport from Denison Municipal Airport (DNS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,696 miles (17,214 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Denison Municipal Airport (DNS) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Denison Municipal Airport (DNS) is Arthur N. Neu Airport (CIN), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) E of DNS.
Facts about RMAF Butterworth (UTE):
- RMAF Butterworth (UTE) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- On 30 June 1988, the airfield was handed over by RAAF to the Royal Malaysian Air Force and was renamed as RMAF Station Butterworth.
- The furthest airport from RMAF Butterworth (UTE) 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.
- In addition to being known as "RMAF Butterworth", other names for UTE include "TUDM Butterworth", "BWH" and "WMKB".
- The closest airport to RMAF Butterworth (UTE) is RMAF Butterworth (BWH), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of UTE.
- During the Malayan Emergency that was to last from 1948 to 1960, RAF as well as RAAF and RNZAF units stationed at the airfield played an active role from 1950 in helping to curb the communist insurgency in the jungles of Malaya by attacking suspected hideouts and harassing the communist guerrillas.