Nonstop flight route between Orlando, Florida, United States and Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM), Orlando, Florida, United States and Tawau Airport (TWU), Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,835 miles (or 15,829 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 Kissimmee Gateway Airport and Tawau 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 Kissimmee Gateway Airport and Tawau Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM):

• Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,499 miles (18,506 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) is Walt Disney World Airport (DWS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of ISM.
• The airport does not offer scheduled passenger service.
• Because of Kissimmee Gateway Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Kissimmee Gateway 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 April 1940 by the United States Army Air Forces.

Facts about Tawau Airport (TWU):

• Because of Tawau Airport's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Tawau 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 was subsequently opened to public in December 2001.
• Tawau Airport handled 1,202,344 passengers last year.
• An airport police station is located just at the opposite of the main terminal building.
• Tawau Airport is an airport located 15 nautical miles north east of Tawau, a town in the state of Sabah in Malaysia.
• According to a survey, the old airport has one of the shortest runways in the country.
• However on 15 September 1995, a Malaysian Airlines Fokker 50 from Kota Kinabalu touched down 500 m before the end of the 2,200 m long runway.
• In addition to being known as "Tawau Airport", another name for TWU is "Lapangan Terbang Tawau".
• Tawau Airport (TWU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Tawau Airport (TWU) is Nunukan Airport (NNX), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TWU.
• The furthest airport from Tawau Airport (TWU) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Tawau Airport (meaning Tawau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,875 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Like other airports in the country, Tawau Airport is under the management of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.