Nonstop flight route between Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia and Mahajanga, Madagascar:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Miri Airport (MYY), Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia and Amborovy Airport (MJN), Mahajanga, Madagascar would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,824 miles (or 7,764 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 Amborovy 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 Amborovy Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Miri Airport (MYY):

• Miri Airport (MYY) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Miri Airport", another name for MYY is "Lapangan Terbang Miri".
• The airport has a terminal which can accommodate up to 2 million passengers annually.
• 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.
• Miri Airport handled 2,223,172 passengers last year.
• Miri's location in the middle of Malaysian Borneo and close to the border of Brunei makes it a suitable hub for rural air services and an important gateway to Sarawak.
• Miri Airport is the third busiest airport in Malaysia terms of aircraft movements, serving 2.2 million passengers in 2013.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Amborovy Airport (MJN):

• Amborovy Airport (MJN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Amborovy Airport", another name for MJN is "Philibert Tsiranana Airport".
• The closest airport to Amborovy Airport (MJN) is Soalala Airport (DWB), which is located 71 miles (115 kilometers) WSW of MJN.
• The furthest airport from Amborovy Airport (MJN) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,002 miles (17,705 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• Because of Amborovy Airport's relatively low elevation of 87 feet, planes can take off or land at Amborovy 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.