Nonstop flight route between Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States and Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Elizabeth City Regional Airport (ECG), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States and Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR), Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,504 miles (or 15,295 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 Elizabeth City Regional Airport and Sultan Ismail Petra 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 Elizabeth City Regional Airport and Sultan Ismail Petra Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Elizabeth City Regional Airport (ECG):

• The furthest airport from Elizabeth City Regional Airport (ECG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,780 miles (18,958 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Elizabeth City Regional Airport (ECG) has 2 runways.
• Elizabeth City Regional Airport covers an area of 850 acres at an elevation of 12 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Elizabeth City Regional Airport (ECG) is Pine Island Airport (DUF), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) E of ECG.
• In addition to being known as "Elizabeth City Regional Airport", another name for ECG is "Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City".
• Because of Elizabeth City Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Elizabeth City Regional 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 airport opened in 1972 and is shared with and owned by the U.S.

Facts about Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR):

• In October 2008, the government announced that it intends to extend the runway to a length of 2,400 m.
• Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Sultan Ismail Petra Airport is the closest airport to Perhentian Islands.
• The airport is a former RAF Station, RAF Kota Bharu being a former British military airfield that has the dubious honour of being the landing site of the Japanese invasion of Malaya during World War II.
• The furthest airport from Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) is Chachapoyas Airport (CHH), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (meaning Sultan Ismail Petra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chachapoyas Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,998 kilometers) away in Chachapoyas, Peru.
• Because of Sultan Ismail Petra Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Ismail Petra 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 closest airport to Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) is Pattani Airport (PAN), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) WNW of KBR.
• In addition to being known as "Sultan Ismail Petra Airport", other names for KBR include "لاڤڠن تربڠ سلطان اسماعيل ڤيترا" and "Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail Petra".
• Sultan Ismail Petra Airport handled 1,585,238 passengers last year.