Nonstop flight route between Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia and Minot, North Dakota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Langkawi International Airport (LGK), Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia and Minot Air Force Base (MIB), Minot, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,444 miles (or 13,589 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 Langkawi International Airport and Minot 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 Langkawi International Airport and Minot 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: | LGK / WMKL |
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| Location: | Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 6°19'59"N by 99°43'59"E |
| Area Served: | Langkawi, Kedah, West Malaysia |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LGK |
| More Information: | LGK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MIB / KMIB |
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| Location: | Minot, North Dakota, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°24'56"N by 101°21'29"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from MIB |
| More Information: | MIB Maps & Info |
Facts about Langkawi International Airport (LGK):
- Langkawi International Airport (LGK) currently has only 1 runway.
- Langkawi International Airport handled 1,946,440 passengers last year.
- In 2009, the airport handled 1,539,271 passengers and 39,815 aircraft movements.
- The furthest airport from Langkawi International Airport (LGK) is Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX), which is nearly antipodal to Langkawi International Airport (meaning Langkawi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Chiclayo, Peru.
- The closest airport to Langkawi International Airport (LGK) is Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) ESE of LGK.
- In addition to being known as "Langkawi International Airport", another name for LGK is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Langkawi".
Facts about Minot Air Force Base (MIB):
- Following the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-81, SAC tasked the former 57th Air Division to organize the Strategic Projection Force.
- The closest airport to Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Minot International Airport (MOT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MIB.
- The furthest airport from Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,320 miles (16,609 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Minot Air Force Base", another name for MIB is "Minot AFB".
- Construction of Minot AFB began in May 1956 and it officially opened on 10 January 1957, named for the nearby city of Minot.
- replaced by the 5th Bombardment Wing
- Renamed Aerospace Defense Command in 1968, ADC F-106 operations continued at Minot until ADC was deactivated in 1979 and became a part of Tactical Air Command as a subentity referred to as Tactical Air Command – Air Defense.
