Nonstop flight route between Oxnard, California, United States and Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oxnard Airport (OXR), Oxnard, California, United States and Kuching International Airport (KCH), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,345 miles (or 13,430 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 Oxnard Airport and Kuching 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 Oxnard Airport and Kuching 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 Oxnard Airport (OXR):

• In addition to being known as "Oxnard Airport", another name for OXR is "Ventura County Army Airfield".
• Ventura County opened Oxnard Airport in 1934 by clearing a 3,500 ft dirt runway.
• Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 15,961 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 12,060 in 2009 and 4,074 in 2010.
• Because of Oxnard Airport's relatively low elevation of 45 feet, planes can take off or land at Oxnard 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 furthest airport from Oxnard Airport (OXR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,489 miles (18,489 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Scheduled airline flights started in 1946 on Southwest Airways Douglas DC-3s.
• The closest airport to Oxnard Airport (OXR) is Naval Air Station Point Mugu (NTD), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of OXR.
• Oxnard Airport (OXR) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Kuching International Airport (KCH):

• In 1962, the runway was extended once more to a length of 1921 meters to facilitate DeHavilland Comet-4 turbojet aircraft operations.
• Construction of the terminal complex at the north site took a centre stage at the end of 1978 and was completed in July 1983.
• Kuching International Airport is an international airport serving the entire southwestern region of Sarawak, Malaysia.
• The furthest airport from Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Ipiranga Airport (IPG), which is nearly antipodal to Kuching International Airport (meaning Kuching International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ipiranga Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Kuching International Airport", another name for KCH is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching 古晋国际机场".
• Because of Kuching International Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuching 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.
• The closest airport to Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SW of KCH.
• AirAsia may introduce daily flights from Kuching to Bangkok, Jakarta, Macau and Clark.
• Kuching International Airport handled 4,871,036 passengers last year.
• Kuching International Airport (KCH) currently has only 1 runway.
• As of 1999, two foreign airlines from both Singapore and Brunei as well as Malaysia's national carrier and as many as 8 private general aviation companies operated scheduled services into and out of Kuching International Airport.