Nonstop flight route between Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia and Fort Stockton, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR), Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia and Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST), Fort Stockton, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,381 miles (or 15,097 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 Fort Stockton-Pecos County 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 Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR):

• Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Sultan Ismail Petra Airport handled 1,585,238 passengers last year.
• 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".
• The airport is a former RAF Station, RAF Kota Bharu being a former British military airfield that has the dubious honour of being the landing site of the Japanese invasion of Malaya during World War II.
• In October 2008, the government announced that it intends to extend the runway to a length of 2,400 m.
• 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.
• In May 2010, TRC Synergy Bhd’s unit, Trans Resources Corp Sdn Bhd has secured a RM45.5 million contract to upgrade the Sultan Ismail Petra airport in Kota Bharu.
• 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.
• Rantau Panjang is the border town to Thailand in Malaysia side.
• The closest airport to Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) is Pattani Airport (PAN), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) WNW of KBR.

Facts about Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST):

• The furthest airport from Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,286 miles (18,163 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport", another name for FST is "Gibbs Army Airfield".
• The closest airport to Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST) is Pecos Municipal Airport (PEQ), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) NW of FST.
• Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST) has 4 runways.
• Inactivated on 12 March 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.