Nonstop flight route between Wichita Falls, Texas, United States and Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States and Tawau Airport (TWU), Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,880 miles (or 14,290 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 Kickapoo Downtown Airport and Tawau 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 Kickapoo Downtown Airport and Tawau Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIP / KCWC |
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Location: | Wichita Falls, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°51'38"N by 98°29'25"W |
Area Served: | Wichita Falls, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Wichita Falls |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1003 feet (306 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KIP |
More Information: | KIP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TWU / WBKW |
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Location: | Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°18'47"N by 118°7'18"E |
Area Served: | Tawau Division, Sabah, East Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 57 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TWU |
More Information: | TWU Maps & Info |
Facts about Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP):
- The closest airport to Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP) is Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) N of KIP.
- The furthest airport from Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,957 miles (17,634 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Kickapoo Downtown Airport is a city-owned public use airport located three nautical miles south of the central business district of Wichita Falls, a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States.
- In addition to being known as "Kickapoo Downtown Airport", another name for KIP is "CWC".
Facts about Tawau Airport (TWU):
- Because of Tawau Airport's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Tawau 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.
- An airport police station is located just at the opposite of the main terminal building.
- Tawau Airport is an airport located 15 nautical miles north east of Tawau, a town in the state of Sabah in Malaysia.
- The closest airport to Tawau Airport (TWU) is Nunukan Airport (NNX), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TWU.
- Tawau Airport (TWU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Taxi coupon or town shuttle bus ticket to Tawau or Semporna can be bought at the respective counters inside the terminal.
- Tawau Airport handled 1,202,344 passengers last year.
- At present, this airport is being expanded to accommodate medium wide-body aircraft with 2 aero bridges.
- In addition to being known as "Tawau Airport", another name for TWU is "Lapangan Terbang Tawau".
- The furthest airport from Tawau Airport (TWU) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Tawau Airport (meaning Tawau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,875 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Tawau Airport is located at Balung, 3 km further in from the Pan Borneo Highway.
- Open air car park is provided with 500 parking lots.