Nonstop flight route between Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia and Edwards, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Labuan Airport (LBU), Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia and Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,009 miles (or 12,889 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 Labuan Airport and Edwards Air Force Base, 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 Labuan Airport and Edwards Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LBU / WBKL |
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Location: | Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°18'6"N by 115°14'53"E |
Area Served: | Labuan, Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 101 feet (31 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LBU |
More Information: | LBU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDW / KEDW |
Airport Name: | Edwards Air Force Base |
Location: | Edwards, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°54'20"N by 117°53'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
View all routes: | Routes from EDW |
More Information: | EDW Maps & Info |
Facts about Labuan Airport (LBU):
- Labuan Airport handled 738,769 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Labuan Airport (LBU) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Labuan Airport (meaning Labuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,304 miles (19,801 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Because of Labuan Airport's relatively low elevation of 101 feet, planes can take off or land at Labuan 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.
- In addition to being known as "Labuan Airport", other names for LBU include "Lapangan Terbang Labuan" and "纳闽机场".
- The closest airport to Labuan Airport (LBU) is Lawas Airport (LWY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSE of LBU.
- Labuan Airport (LBU) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):
- It is the home of the Air Force Test Center and is the Air Force Materiel Command center of excellence for conducting and supporting research and developmental flight test and evaluation of aerospace systems from concept to combat.
- On the afternoon of 7 December 1941, the 41st Bombardment Group and the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron moved to Muroc from Davis-Monthan Army Airfield, Arizona with a collection of B-18 Bolos, an A-29 Hudson and B-25 Mitchells.
- With the X-1, flight testing at Muroc began to assume two distinct identities.
- The P-59s were tested at Muroc from October 1942 through February 1944 without a single accident and, though the aircraft did not prove to be combat worthy, the successful conduct of its test program, combined with the success of the Lockheed XP-80 program which followed it in early 1944, sealed the future destiny of the remote high desert installation.
- The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
- Edwards is also home to several other units from DOD, Air Force, Army, Navy, FAA, USPS and many companies that support the primary mission or the personnel stationed there.