Nonstop flight route between Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia and New York City, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Miri Airport (MYY), Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,291 miles (or 14,953 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 Miri Airport and John F. Kennedy 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 Miri Airport and John F. Kennedy 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 Miri Airport (MYY):

• The airport has a terminal which can accommodate up to 2 million passengers annually.
• Miri Airport (MYY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Miri Airport (MYY) is Carauari Airport (CAF), which is nearly antipodal to Miri Airport (meaning Miri Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Carauari Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,899 kilometers) away in Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Miri Airport is the third busiest airport in Malaysia terms of aircraft movements, serving 2.2 million passengers in 2013.
• Miri Airport handled 2,223,172 passengers last year.
• On 6 December 2011, The Ministry of Transport, Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said that the Miri Airport will be expanded further to cater for the growing volume of passengers and cargo passing through it.
• Because of Miri Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Miri 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 Miri Airport (MYY) is Marudi Airport (MUR), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) ESE of MYY.
• In addition to being known as "Miri Airport", another name for MYY is "Lapangan Terbang Miri".

Facts about John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK):

• The Air Traffic Control Tower, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and constructed on the ramp-side of Terminal 4, began full FAA operations in October 1994.
• The furthest airport from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has 4 runways.
• Because of John F. Kennedy International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at John F. Kennedy 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.
• JFK was designed for aircraft up to 300,000-pound gross weight and had to be modified in the late 1960s to accommodate Boeing 747s.
• Terminal 4 is able to handle the Airbus A380 and was developed by LCOR, Inc and is managed by JFK International Air Terminal LLC, a subsidiary of the Schiphol Group.
• The Port Authority leased the airport property from the City of New York in 1947 and maintains this lease today.
• John F. Kennedy International Airport handled 50,423,765 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of JFK.