Nonstop flight route between Kalispell, Montana, United States and Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Glacier Park International Airport (FCA), Kalispell, Montana, United States and RMAF Butterworth (BWH), Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,171 miles (or 13,150 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 Glacier Park International 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 Glacier Park International Airport and RMAF Butterworth. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Glacier Park International Airport (FCA):

• Glacier Park International Airport handled 355,928 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) is Pincher Creek Airport (WPC), which is located 84 miles (136 kilometers) N of FCA.
• The furthest airport from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,533 miles (16,951 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The airport's ICAO code was KFCA, and most airlines still use that code for reservations purposes.
• All flights at FCA by Delta Airlines and Delta Connection are jets.
• In addition to being known as "Glacier Park International Airport", another name for FCA is "GPI".
• Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) has 2 runways.

Facts about RMAF Butterworth (BWH):

• RMAF Butterworth (BWH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "RMAF Butterworth", another name for BWH is "TUDM Butterworth".
• RAF Butterworth was officially opened in October 1941, as a Royal Air Force station which was a part of the British defence plan for defending the Malayan Peninsula against an imminent threat of invasion by the Imperial Japanese forces during World War II.
• The closest airport to RMAF Butterworth (BWH) is RMAF Butterworth (UTE), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of BWH.
• In 1957, the RAF closed the station and it was transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force and it was promptly renamed as RAAF Station Butterworth, becoming the home to numerous Australian fighter and bomber squadrons stationed in Malaya during the Cold War era.
• 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.
• The furthest airport from RMAF Butterworth (BWH) 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.