Nonstop flight route between Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia and Liberia, Costa Rica:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kuching International Airport (KCH), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia and Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR), Liberia, Costa Rica would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,019 miles (or 17,734 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 Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR), the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KCH / WBGG |
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Location: | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°29'4"N by 110°20'16"E |
Area Served: | Kuching Division & Samarahan Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 89 feet (27 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KCH |
More Information: | KCH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LIR / MRLB |
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Location: | Liberia, Costa Rica |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°35'35"N by 85°32'44"W |
Operator/Owner: | Dirección General de Aviación Civil |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 269 feet (82 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LIR |
More Information: | LIR Maps & Info |
Facts about Kuching International Airport (KCH):
- Kuching International Airport handled 4,871,036 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Kuching International Airport", another name for KCH is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching 古晋国际机场".
- In 1980, consistent with the advent of Airbus A300B4 operations, it was imperative that the runway pavement strength be upgraded to meet the requirements of that particular aircraft.
- Work on the strengthening and extension of the runway to 2,454 metres in length started in 1973 and was completed in 1976, capable of handling Boeing 707 turbofan aircraft.
- The closest airport to Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SW of KCH.
- Kuching International Airport (KCH) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Malaysia Airlines in Kuching International Airport has so far achieved a zero accident rate in 2006.
- 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.
- The airport was built by the British Government of Sarawak in the 1940s on the outskirts of Kuching town.
Facts about Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR):
- The furthest airport from Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (meaning Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,242 miles (19,701 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)", another name for LIR is "Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber Quirós".
- Daniel Oduber Quirós International airport is the country's second and Central America's ninth busiest airport.
- Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, also known as Liberia International Airport, is one of four international airports in Costa Rica.
- Because of Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)'s relatively low elevation of 269 feet, planes can take off or land at Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) 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 government of Costa Rica awarded CORIPORT, S.A., a 20-year concession to design, finance, construct and operate a new terminal building and its associated landside facilities, as well as approximately 36,000 m2 of airport land currently occupied by the existing terminal and associated facilities.
- The closest airport to Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) is Tamarindo Airport (TNO), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SW of LIR.