Nonstop flight route between Bloomington, Minnesota, United States and Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport (MSP), Bloomington, Minnesota, United States and Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM), Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,338 miles (or 15,029 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 Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport and Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II), 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 Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport and Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MSP / KMSP |
Airport Name: | Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport |
Location: | Bloomington, Minnesota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44掳52'54"N by 93掳13'18"W |
Area Served: | Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota (Twin Cities) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 841 feet (256 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from MSP |
More Information: | MSP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PLM / WIPP |
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Location: | Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 2掳54'1"S by 104掳42'0"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Indonesia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 121 feet (37 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PLM |
More Information: | PLM Maps & Info |
Facts about Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport (MSP):
- Airport diagram for October 1959
- Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport handled 33,897,335 passengers last year.
- Because of Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport's relatively low elevation of 841 feet, planes can take off or land at Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain 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 closest airport to Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport (MSP) is St. Paul Downtown Airport (STP), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) ENE of MSP.
- Due in part to the impact of aircraft noise on south Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs, Northwest Airlines and others had proposed moving out of MSP and building a new airport on the fringes of the Twin Cities metro area to handle more large jets and more international traffic.
- The airport, including both passenger terminal buildings, is mostly located in the Census-designated place of Fort Snelling in an unincorporated part of Hennepin County.
- Starting in 2000, MSP switched to lettered concourses, which has become standard practice at airports around the world.
- Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport (MSP) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Minneapolis鈥揝aint Paul International Airport Wold鈥揅hamberlain Airport (MSP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,758 miles (17,313 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The METRO light rail Blue Line has stops at both the Hub Building Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 Humphrey Terminal.
Facts about Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM):
- Between the development undertaken is an extension of the runway along the 300 meters x 60 meters to 3,000 meters x 60 meters, construction vehicle parking area of 20,000 meters which can accommodate 1,000 vehicles as well as the construction of a three-floor passenger terminal covering 13,000 square meters which can accommodate 1,250 passengers, equipped aerobridges and cargo terminals, and other support buildings covering an area of 1900 square meters.
- The furthest airport from Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM) is Benito Salas Airport (NVA), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (meaning Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Benito Salas Airport), and is located 12,433 miles (20,009 kilometers) away in Neiva, Colombia.
- The closest airport to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM) is Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB), which is located 114 miles (183 kilometers) NW of PLM.
- Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II)'s relatively low elevation of 121 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) 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.
- When South Sumatra Province was chosen as the host of PON XVI in 2004, the government soughts to enlarge the capacity of the airport as well as change the status into an international airport.
- In addition to being known as "Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II)", another name for PLM is "Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (SMB II)".