Nonstop flight route between Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia and Canton Island, Kiribati:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR), Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia and Canton Island Airport (CIS), Canton Island, Kiribati would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,965 miles (or 9,599 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 Ismail Petra Airport and Canton Island 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 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport and Canton Island Airport. 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 Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR):

• Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) currently has only 1 runway.
• AirAsia have intention to make Sultan Ismail Petra Airport as it's east coast regional hub by introducing more flights to other destinations, such as Singapore, Medan and some other Indochina countries.
• The closest airport to Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) is Pattani Airport (PAN), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) WNW of KBR.
• In addition to being known as "Sultan Ismail Petra Airport", other names for KBR include "لاڤڠن تربڠ سلطان اسماعيل ڤيترا" and "Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail Petra".
• Sultan Ismail Petra Airport handled 1,585,238 passengers last year.
• Rantau Panjang is the border town to Thailand in Malaysia side.
• Because of Sultan Ismail Petra Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Ismail Petra 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.
• In the third quarter of 2008, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad built a new hangar, a new apron, new aircraft and helicopter parking bays and made taxiway improvements to cater to the growth of the Asia Pacific Flight Training flying school.
• The furthest airport from Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) is Chachapoyas Airport (CHH), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (meaning Sultan Ismail Petra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chachapoyas Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,998 kilometers) away in Chachapoyas, Peru.
• At the Sultan Ismail Petra airport, there is an airport taxi service which imposes freight rate based on the destination's distance from the airport, which is located at the outside of the Arrival Hall.

Facts about Canton Island Airport (CIS):

• Because of Canton Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Canton Island 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 used as a military airfield during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 and 1943, initially being used by the 40th Ferrying Squadron, Ferrying Command as an airfield for moving combat aircraft to forward combat units.
• Canton Island Airport (CIS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The Pan American pioneered central air route, Hawaii to the Philippines and Asia by way of stations at Midway, Wake and Guam passed through the Japanese controlled islands with serious concerns about its safety growing in 1941 even as the Army had reinforced the Philippines with a flight of B-17 bombers by way of Midway, Wake and Port Moresby in September.
• Kanton Island airport continued to see use during the 1950s as a trans-Pacific stopover for DC-4, DC-6B and DC-7C aircraft for Pan American, British Commonwealth Pacific, Qantas and Canadian Pacific Airlines, but with the advent of long-range jet aircraft during the 1960s, their need for the island faded, and the airfield and its associated facilities were ultimately abandoned in 1965.
• The closest airport to Canton Island Airport (CIS) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is located 741 miles (1,193 kilometers) WSW of CIS.
• The furthest airport from Canton Island Airport (CIS) is Malabo International Airport (SSG), which is nearly antipodal to Canton Island Airport (meaning Canton Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Malabo International Airport), and is located 12,363 miles (19,896 kilometers) away in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.