Nonstop flight route between Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia and Sibu, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome (EVH), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia and Sibu Airport (SBW), Sibu, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,493 miles (or 5,621 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 Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome and Sibu 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 Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome and Sibu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome (EVH):

• The closest airport to Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome (EVH) is Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) NNE of EVH.
• The furthest airport from Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome (EVH) is La Palma Airport (SPC), which is located 11,902 miles (19,154 kilometers) away in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
• Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome (EVH) currently has only 1 runway.
• Following the war, the airfield briefly used for commercial air traffic, with Butler Air Transport being the main airline offering services.
• Because of Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome 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.
• An airfield at Evans Head was first established in 1936, serving as an emergency landing ground however in 1937, the Commonwealth took control of the airfield for use as a military base.
• Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome is suitable for operations by recreational and general aviation category aircraft.

Facts about Sibu Airport (SBW):

• The first airport in Sibu was built in Teku, during World War II by the Japanese as a basic air strip.
• In April 2009, the airport was given RM 150 million for an upgrade of the terminal building.
• In addition to being known as "Sibu Airport", other names for SBW include "Lapangan Terbang Sibu", "诗巫机场" and "WBGS".
• Runway 13 is equipped with an approach lighting system called Precision Approach Lighting Category 1, whereas runway 31 with Simple Approach Lighting System.
• The closest airport to Sibu Airport (SBW) is Mukah Airport (MKM), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) N of SBW.
• Sibu Airport handled 1,383,887 passengers last year.
• Sibu Airport (SBW) currently has only 1 runway.
• On that remarkably historical night, the air traffic clearance "Clear to land" was issued from the Sibu Air Traffic Control Tower on the assigned frequency 122.6 MHZ to the first Boeing 737-500 to land on the asphalt surface of the designated runway 13.
• Because of Sibu Airport's relatively low elevation of 122 feet, planes can take off or land at Sibu 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 Sibu Airport (SBW) is Ipiranga Airport (IPG), which is nearly antipodal to Sibu Airport (meaning Sibu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ipiranga Airport), and is located 12,312 miles (19,814 kilometers) away in Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil.