Nonstop flight route between Johor Bahru, Malaysia and Sumter, South Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Senai International Airport (JHB), Johor Bahru, Malaysia and Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,961 miles (or 16,031 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 Senai International Airport and Shaw 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 Senai International Airport and Shaw 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 Senai International Airport (JHB):

• Opened in 1974, it serves the state of Johor as well as people from the southern states of Peninsular Malaysia.
• Because of Senai International Airport's relatively low elevation of 127 feet, planes can take off or land at Senai 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.
• Senai International Airport (JHB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Senai International Airport (JHB) is Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) S of JHB.
• The furthest airport from Senai International Airport (JHB) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Senai International Airport (meaning Senai International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,344 miles (19,865 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
• In addition to being known as "Senai International Airport", another name for JHB is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Senai لاڤڠن تربڠ انتارابڠسا سناي Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail لاڤڠن تربڠ سلطان إسماعيل".
• On 12 February 2009, the Hong Kong-based Plaza Premium Management Ltd opened its third Plaza Premium Lounge in Senai International Airport.

Facts about Shaw Air Force Base (SSC):

• The closest airport to Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Sumter Airport (SUM), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of SSC.
• For a brief time, Shaw Field also served as a prisoner-of-war camp.
• Over the next four decades, the squadrons under the 363d TRW changed frequently.
• The furthest airport from Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,545 miles (18,580 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Jurisdiction of Shaw was again transferred to Tactical Air Command on 23 March 1946.
• On 25 June 1953, the 66th TRW departed Shaw, being reassigned to Sembach Air Base, West Germany.
• As a result of the end of the Cold War, the Air Force made several dramatic changes with the inactivation and re-designation of wings and their units.