Nonstop flight route between Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia and San Sebastián, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kuching International Airport (KCH), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia and San Sebastián Airport (EAS), San Sebastián, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,194 miles (or 11,577 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 Kuching International Airport and San Sebastián 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 Kuching International Airport and San Sebastián Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kuching International Airport (KCH):

• Malaysia Airlines in Kuching International Airport has so far achieved a zero accident rate in 2006.
• Kuching International Airport handled 4,871,036 passengers last year.
• The completed works involved above ground-level earthworks and pavement upgrades, extension of the runway length from 2454 metres to 3780 metres, widening of shoulders from 46 metres to 60 metres, extension of parallel taxiway to a full parallel taxiway with interconnection/rapid exit taxiways including widening of taxiway fillets and shoulders to 30 metres.
• In 1962, the runway was extended once more to a length of 1921 meters to facilitate DeHavilland Comet-4 turbojet aircraft operations.
• The closest airport to Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SW of KCH.
• As one of the two states in Malaysia which controls its own immigration autonomy, Sarawak exercises special regulation upon arriving and departing from all Sarawakian airports including Kuching.
• As a result of the increasing number of passengers going into and out of Kuching, a completely new and larger terminal was needed.
• In addition to being known as "Kuching International Airport", another name for KCH is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching 古晋国际机场".
• The furthest airport from Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Ipiranga Airport (IPG), which is nearly antipodal to Kuching International Airport (meaning Kuching International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ipiranga Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Because of Kuching International Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuching 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.
• Kuching International Airport (KCH) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about San Sebastián Airport (EAS):

• The furthest airport from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is nearly antipodal to San Sebastián Airport (meaning San Sebastián Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hood Aerodrome), and is located 12,226 miles (19,676 kilometers) away in Masterton, New Zealand.
• San Sebastián Airport (EAS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of San Sebastián Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at San Sebastián 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 closest airport to San Sebastián Airport (EAS) is Biarritz – Anglet – Bayonne Airport (BIQ), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of EAS.