Nonstop flight route between Davenport, Iowa, United States and Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Davenport Municipal Airport (DVN), Davenport, Iowa, United States and Kuching International Airport (KCH), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,119 miles (or 14,676 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 Davenport Municipal 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 Davenport Municipal Airport and Kuching International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DVN / KDVN |
Airport Name: | Davenport Municipal Airport |
Location: | Davenport, Iowa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°36'37"N by 90°35'17"W |
Area Served: | Davenport, Iowa |
Operator/Owner: | City of Davenport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 753 feet (230 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DVN |
More Information: | DVN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KCH / WBGG |
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Location: | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°29'4"N by 110°20'16"E |
Area Served: | Kuching Division & Samarahan Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 89 feet (27 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KCH |
More Information: | KCH Maps & Info |
Facts about Davenport Municipal Airport (DVN):
- In January 2011 a new 7,460 square feet terminal with an attached 20,000 square feet hangar was opened.
- The furthest airport from Davenport Municipal Airport (DVN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,944 miles (17,612 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Davenport Municipal Airport (DVN) is Quad City International Airport (MLI), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of DVN.
- Davenport Municipal Airport (DVN) has 2 runways.
- Because of Davenport Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 753 feet, planes can take off or land at Davenport Municipal 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.
Facts about Kuching International Airport (KCH):
- The completed works involved above ground-level earthworks and pavement upgrades, extension of the runway length from 2454 metres to 3780 metres, widening of shoulders from 46 metres to 60 metres, extension of parallel taxiway to a full parallel taxiway with interconnection/rapid exit taxiways including widening of taxiway fillets and shoulders to 30 metres.
- The closest airport to Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SW of KCH.
- 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 addition to being known as "Kuching International Airport", another name for KCH is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching 古晋国际机场".
- As one of the two states in Malaysia which controls its own immigration autonomy, Sarawak exercises special regulation upon arriving and departing from all Sarawakian airports including Kuching.
- The renovation increased terminal building floor space to 46,000 square metres and was completed 15 months ahead of schedule.
- The airport was built by the British Government of Sarawak in the 1940s on the outskirts of Kuching town.
- As a result of the increasing number of passengers going into and out of Kuching, a completely new and larger terminal was needed.
- Kuching International Airport (KCH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Kuching International Airport handled 4,871,036 passengers last year.
- 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.
- Kuching International Airport is an international airport serving the entire southwestern region of Sarawak, Malaysia.
- Kuching International Airport then became the gateway to Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo with the introduction of once weekly Douglas Dakota twin-engined piston aircraft services originating from Singapore.