Nonstop flight route between Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia and Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR), Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia and Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ), Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,009 miles (or 8,061 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 Sharq Al-Owainat 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 Sharq Al-Owainat 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):

• The new terminal started operating from 12 September 2002.
• The closest airport to Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) is Pattani Airport (PAN), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) WNW of KBR.
• The airport's normal operating hours are between 6:00 a.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.
• After the war, the RAF military airfield was turned into a civilian airport.
• The major facilities that are found in this airport include shuttle and car rental representative counters, automated teller machines, currency exchange, gift shops, a KFC restaurant and small eating joints.
• Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Apron view of Sultan Ismail Petra Airport
• 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.
• 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 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".
• 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.
• Sultan Ismail Petra Airport handled 1,585,238 passengers last year.

Facts about Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ):

• The furthest airport from Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is nearly antipodal to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (meaning Sharq Al-Owainat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rurutu Airport), and is located 12,425 miles (19,996 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• In August 2009, EgyptAir signed an agreement with a UAE-based agricultural inventment firm Janan Investment Company to operate a weekly Sunday flight from the capital's Cairo International Airport to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport in order to serve the movement of workers and investors to encourage agricultural investment in the region.
• The closest airport to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) is Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS), which is located 185 miles (298 kilometers) E of GSQ.
• A simple terminal building can serve passengers at a rate of 100 per hour.
• Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sharq Al-Owainat Airport's relatively low elevation of 859 feet, planes can take off or land at Sharq Al-Owainat 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.