Nonstop flight route between Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico and Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Los Mochis International Airport (LMM), Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico and Tawau Airport (TWU), Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,658 miles (or 13,933 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 Los Mochis International 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 Los Mochis International Airport and Tawau Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Los Mochis International Airport (LMM):

• The furthest airport from Los Mochis International Airport (LMM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,805 miles (18,998 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Los Mochis International Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Los Mochis 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.
• Los Mochis International Airport (LMM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Los Mochis International Airport", another name for LMM is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Los Mochis".
• The closest airport to Los Mochis International Airport (LMM) is Culiacán International Airport (CUL), which is located 119 miles (191 kilometers) ESE of LMM.

Facts about Tawau Airport (TWU):

• In addition to being known as "Tawau Airport", another name for TWU is "Lapangan Terbang Tawau".
• Tawau Airport (TWU) currently has only 1 runway.
• At present, this airport is being expanded to accommodate medium wide-body aircraft with 2 aero bridges.
• Like other airports in the country, Tawau Airport is under the management of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.
• The closest airport to Tawau Airport (TWU) is Nunukan Airport (NNX), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TWU.
• Tawau airport has a 2,685 m × 47 m long fully service runway, namely runway 06/24.
• 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.
• 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.
• However on 15 September 1995, a Malaysian Airlines Fokker 50 from Kota Kinabalu touched down 500 m before the end of the 2,200 m long runway.
• In 2008, 768,967 passengers went through the airport with 10,546 aircraft movements.
• Tawau Airport handled 1,202,344 passengers last year.