Nonstop flight route between Anambas Islands, Riau Province, Indonesia and Branson, Missouri, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Matak Airport (MWK), Anambas Islands, Riau Province, Indonesia and Branson Airport (BKG), Branson, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,409 miles (or 15,143 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 Matak Airport and Branson 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 Matak Airport and Branson Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Matak Airport (MWK):

• Matak Airport (MWK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Matak Airport", another name for MWK is "Bandar Udara Matak".
• The furthest airport from Matak Airport (MWK) is Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT), which is nearly antipodal to Matak Airport (meaning Matak Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,947 kilometers) away in Iquitos, Loreto, Peru.
• Because of Matak Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Matak 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 Matak Airport (MWK) is Tioman Airport (TOD), which is located 149 miles (240 kilometers) WSW of MWK.

Facts about Branson Airport (BKG):

• In addition to being known as "Branson Airport", another name for BKG is "BBG".
• The furthest airport from Branson Airport (BKG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,835 miles (17,438 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• There are some unusual consequences of the airport's private ownership.
• Branson Airport (BKG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Branson Airport is a public use airport located eight nautical miles south-southeast of the central business district of Branson, a city in Taney County, Missouri, United States.
• The closest airport to Branson Airport (BKG) is M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport (PLK), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NNW of BKG.
• The construction of the airport, which involved the flattening of several Ozark Mountains, is claimed to be the largest earthmoving project in Missouri history.
• Prior to construction of Branson Airport, the closest commercial service airport was Springfield-Branson National Airport 50 miles northwest of Branson.
• On August 27, 2012, Southwest Airlines announced they would be taking over all AirTran flights at the airport on March 9, 2013.
• Frontier Airlines launched flights to Branson Airport with daily service to Denver as well as seasonal less than daily service to Milwaukee, which was formerly served from Branson through AirTran.
• The airport opened on May 11, 2009.