Nonstop flight route between Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (IPH), Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia and Tinker Air Force Base (TIK), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,425 miles (or 15,168 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 Sultan Azlan Shah Airport and Tinker Air Force Base, 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 Sultan Azlan Shah Airport and Tinker Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (IPH):

• Originally a small Fokker airfield, it steadily expanded to accommodate jet operations.
• The furthest airport from Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (IPH) is Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (LOH), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (meaning Sultan Azlan Shah Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Loja, Ecuador.
• There was an upgrade that was started in April 2011 and was completed in November 2012.
• The closest airport to Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (IPH) is Sitiawan Airport (SWY), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) SW of IPH.
• Sultan Azlan Shah Airport handled 73,354 passengers last year.
• Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (IPH) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sultan Azlan Shah Airport's relatively low elevation of 130 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Azlan Shah 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 Tinker Air Force Base (TIK):

• The closest airport to Tinker Air Force Base (TIK) is Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) W of TIK.
• The 137th began as the 185th Fighter Squadron, with the P-51 Mustang.
• STRATCOMWING ONE's primary mission is to receive, verify and retransmit Emergency Action Messages to US strategic forces.
• The furthest airport from Tinker Air Force Base (TIK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,843 miles (17,449 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group has worldwide responsibility for engineering, installation, and interoperability of all communications and electronic facilities for the Air Force.
• DLA Distribution Oklahoma City provides a full range of distribution services in support of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, other tenants at Tinker Air Force Base, and other global customers.
• In addition to being known as "Tinker Air Force Base", another name for TIK is "Tinker AFB".
• Community support for Tinker can be seen by the establishment of two public/private partnerships that support base operations by using local dollars to make available additional facilities for base use.