Nonstop flight route between Palo Alto, California, United States and Johor Bahru, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), Palo Alto, California, United States and Senai International Airport (JHB), Johor Bahru, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,457 miles (or 13,611 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 Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County and Senai 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 Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County and Senai 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 Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO):

• The furthest airport from Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,289 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Fifteen miles of hiking and biking trails, affording multiple opportunities for birdwatching, form part of the adjacent 1,940-acre Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve.
• The closest airport to Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO) is Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of PAO.
• Because of Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County 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.
• First time pilots should familiarize themselves with the complex SF Bay Area airspace, especially the overlying SFO Class B and the abutting SJC Class C airspace.
• Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was opened to the public in April 1940.
• The VOR approach is almost impossible to get from Air Traffic Control if the aircraft is GPS-equipped, because of the conflict with airline traffic in San Jose International Airport.

Facts about Senai International Airport (JHB):

• On 26 May 2008, SATS announced a MYR 70 million plan to build an Aero Mall, a stand-alone and external airport mall.
• Firefly has announced on 22 February 2011 that Senai International Airport will be their fifth hub in Malaysia and will be operating with 2 fleets of Boeing 737-400.
• Today, this airport is managed by Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd, the first independent airport operator in Malaysia, after taking over the operations of the airport from Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad in 2003.
• In addition to being known as "Senai International Airport", another name for JHB is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Senai لاڤڠن تربڠ انتارابڠسا سناي Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail لاڤڠن تربڠ سلطان إسماعيل".
• Because of Senai International Airport's relatively low elevation of 127 feet, planes can take off or land at Senai 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.
• Senai International Airport (JHB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Senai International Airport (JHB) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Senai International Airport (meaning Senai International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,344 miles (19,865 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
• The closest airport to Senai International Airport (JHB) is Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) S of JHB.