Nonstop flight route between Limbang, Sarawak, Malaysia and Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Limbang Airport (LMN), Limbang, Sarawak, Malaysia and Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA), Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,000 miles (or 11,265 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 Limbang Airport and Leeds Bradford International 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 Limbang Airport and Leeds Bradford International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Limbang Airport (LMN):

• The closest airport to Limbang Airport (LMN) is Brunei International Airport (BWN), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of LMN.
• Limbang Airport (LMN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Limbang Airport handled 50,044 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Limbang Airport", other names for LMN include "Lapangan Terbang Limbang", "林梦机场" and "WBGG".
• Because of Limbang Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Limbang 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 old Limbang STOL airfield was built in 1963 by the British Army for use during the confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia.
• Currently, Malaysia Airlines' subsidiary MASWings operates into and out of the airport.
• The furthest airport from Limbang Airport (LMN) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Limbang Airport (meaning Limbang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,336 miles (19,854 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.

Facts about Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA):

• Yeadon was requisitioned by the Royal Air Force and became part of firstly 13 Group, then 12 Group at a later date.
• The furthest airport from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,780 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SSE of LBA.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport handled 3,318,358 passengers last year.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Leeds Bradford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 681 feet, planes can take off or land at Leeds Bradford 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.
• Civil aviation at Yeadon was halted in 1939, with the outbreak of the Second World War.
• Work on the airport terminal has been ongoing since 1996, and the result of this has been significant growth in terminal size and passenger facilities.
• Significant improvements were made to the aerodrome.
• On 11 August 2009 Ryanair announced it would set up a new base at Leeds Bradford, initially basing two aircraft at the airport offering 17 routes from March 2010.