Nonstop flight route between Ankara, Turkey and Penang, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Esenboğa International Airport (ESB), Ankara, Turkey and Penang International Airport (PEN), Penang, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,788 miles (or 7,705 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 Esenboğa International Airport and Penang 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 Esenboğa International Airport and Penang International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Esenboğa International Airport (ESB):

• In addition to being known as "Esenboğa International Airport", another name for ESB is "Esenboğa Uluslararası Havalimanı".
• The name of the airport comes from the village of Esenboğa, which literally means "Windflowing Bull" or "Serene Bull", the modernized form of Isen Buga, the name of a Turkic warlord in the army of Timur who settled his troops here during the Battle of Ankara in 1402.
• Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) is Kastamonu Airport (KFS), which is located 92 miles (148 kilometers) NNE of ESB.
• The New Domestic and International Terminals will feature 168,000 m2 area, 10,000,000 passenger/year capacity, 18 ea.
• The furthest airport from Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,188 miles (18,005 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Esenboğa International Airport was awarded as the best airport in Europe by ACI Europe and the award presented to airport officials on 17 June 2009 in Manchester.
• Esenboğa International Airport handled 10,900,000 passengers last year.

Facts about Penang International Airport (PEN):

• In addition to being known as "Penang International Airport", another name for PEN is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Pulau Pinang".
• Penang International Airport is a medium-sized airport with good connections to major cities in South East Asia.
• Penang International Airport handled 5,487,751 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Penang International Airport (PEN) is Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU), which is nearly antipodal to Penang International Airport (meaning Penang International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport), and is located 12,375 miles (19,916 kilometers) away in Piura, Peru.
• There are ongoing discussions between airport operator, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, Ministry of Transportation, and Asia's largest low cost carrier, AirAsia about setting up Malaysia's third low cost carrier terminal at the airport.
• Because of Penang International Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Penang 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.
• The closest airport to Penang International Airport (PEN) is RMAF Butterworth (BWH), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NE of PEN.
• Penang International Airport (PEN) currently has only 1 runway.