Nonstop flight route between Ukupseni, Guna Yala, Panama and Sandakan, Malaysia:
Departure Airport:
(9°18'34"N by 78°14'4"W)
Arrival Airport:
(5°54'6"N by 118°2'54"E)
Distance from PYC to SDK:
10,899.98 miles (17,541.78 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Playón Chico Airport (PYC), Ukupseni, Guna Yala, Panama and Sandakan Airport (SDK), Sandakan, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,900 miles (or 17,542 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 Playón Chico Airport and Sandakan 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 Playón Chico Airport and Sandakan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PYC / |
| Airport Name: | Playón Chico Airport |
| Location: | Ukupseni, Guna Yala, Panama |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°18'34"N by 78°14'4"W |
| Area Served: | Ukupseni, Guna Yala, Panama |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 105 feet (32 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PYC |
| More Information: | PYC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SDK / WBKS |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Sandakan, Malaysia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 5°54'6"N by 118°2'54"E |
| Area Served: | Sandakan Division, Sabah, East Malaysia |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SDK |
| More Information: | SDK Maps & Info |
Facts about Playón Chico Airport (PYC):
- Playón Chico Airport (PYC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Playón Chico Airport's relatively low elevation of 105 feet, planes can take off or land at Playón Chico 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 Playón Chico Airport (PYC) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is nearly antipodal to Playón Chico Airport (meaning Playón Chico Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Christmas Island Airport), and is located 12,158 miles (19,567 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
- The closest airport to Playón Chico Airport (PYC) is Achutupo Airport (ACU), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) ESE of PYC.
Facts about Sandakan Airport (SDK):
- Sandakan Airport handled 911,855 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Sandakan Airport", other names for SDK include "Lapangan Terbang Sandakan" and "山打根机场".
- The furthest airport from Sandakan Airport (SDK) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Sandakan Airport (meaning Sandakan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,290 miles (19,779 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Sandakan Airport (SDK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Sandakan Airport (SDK) is Lahad Datu Airport (LDU), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) SSE of SDK.
- Because of Sandakan Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Sandakan 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.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 17.24 miles (27.74 km) ESE | Achutupo Airport (ACU) | Achutupo, Panama |     |
| 2 | 42.49 miles (68.38 km) SE | Mulatupo Airport (MPP) | Mulatupo, Panamá | |
| 3 | 72.07 miles (115.98 km) SW | Contadora Airport (OTD) | Contadora Island, Panama | |
| 4 | 80.07 miles (128.86 km) WSW | Tocumen International Airport (PTY) | Panama City, Panama | |
| 5 | 84.10 miles (135.35 km) SE | Alcides Fernández Airport (ACD) | Acandí, Colombia | |
| 6 | 86.47 miles (139.17 km) S | Garachiné Airport (GHE) | Garachiné, Panama | |
| 7 | 93.05 miles (149.75 km) WSW | Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC) | Panama City, Panama | |
| 8 | 111.37 miles (179.23 km) W | Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) | Colón, Panama | |
| 9 | 144.45 miles (232.48 km) WSW | Río Hato / Scarlett Martinez Airport (RIH) | Cocle, Panama | |
| 10 | 146.52 miles (235.81 km) SE | Antonio Roldán Betancourt Airport (APO) | Apartadó, Colombia | |
| 11 | 167.75 miles (269.97 km) ESE | Los Garzones Airport (MTR) | Montería, Córdoba, Colombia | |
| 12 | 201.08 miles (323.61 km) E | Las Brujas Airport (CZU) | Corozal, Colombia | |
| 13 | 201.11 miles (323.66 km) ENE | Rafael Núñez International Airport (CTG) | Cartagena, Colombia | |
| 14 | 203.53 miles (327.55 km) WSW | Ruben Cantu Airport (SYP) | Santiago de Veraguas, Panama | |
| 15 | 221.67 miles (356.74 km) ESE | Ayapel Airport (AYA) | Ayapel, Colombia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,158.25 miles (19,566.76 km) WSW | Christmas Island Airport (XCH) | Christmas Island, Australia | |
| 2 | 12,071.17 miles (19,426.62 km) SW | Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) | Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 3 | 12,058.36 miles (19,406.00 km) S | Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS) | Bengkulu, Indonesia | |
| 4 | 12,047.25 miles (19,388.13 km) ESE | Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK) | Cocos Islands, Australia | |
| 5 | 12,036.19 miles (19,370.32 km) WSW | Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK) | Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| 6 | 12,034.70 miles (19,367.92 km) SW | Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ) | Astraksetra, Indonesia | |
| 7 | 12,027.76 miles (19,356.76 km) WSW | Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP) | Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| 8 | 12,005.89 miles (19,321.55 km) WSW | Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO) | Bandung, Indonesia | |
| 9 | 11,973.47 miles (19,269.38 km) WSW | Cibeureum Airfield (TSY) | Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia | |
| 10 | 11,950.26 miles (19,232.03 km) SSW | Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM) | Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 11 | 11,940.92 miles (19,217.00 km) WSW | Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN) | Cirebon, Java, Indonesia | |
| 12 | 11,937.61 miles (19,211.67 km) S | Depati Parbo Airport (KRC) | Kerinci, Indonesia | |
| 13 | 11,925.69 miles (19,192.50 km) WSW | Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP) | Cilacap, Java Island, Indonesia | |
| 14 | 11,918.93 miles (19,181.61 km) SSE | Rokot Airport (RKI) | Sipura, Indonesia | |
| 15 | 11,898.46 miles (19,148.67 km) WSW | Purwokerto / Wirasaba Airport (PWL) | Wirasaba, Central Java, Indonesia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 62.87 miles (101.18 km) SSE | Lahad Datu Airport (LDU) | Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia | |
| 2 | 107.17 miles (172.47 km) SSE | Semporna Airport (SMM) | Sabah, Malaysia | |
| 3 | 109.46 miles (176.16 km) NW | Kudat Airport (KUD) | Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia | |
| 4 | 109.86 miles (176.80 km) S | Tawau Airport (TWU) | Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia | |
| 5 | 124.75 miles (200.76 km) SSW | Nunukan Airport (NNX) | Nunukan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia | |
| 6 | 130.63 miles (210.23 km) ESE | Sanga-Sanga Airport (TWT) | Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines | |
| 7 | 134.91 miles (217.11 km) WSW | Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport (KGU) | Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia | |
| 8 | 136.79 miles (220.15 km) W | Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI) | Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | |
| 9 | 169.45 miles (272.71 km) S | Bunyu Airport (BYQ) | Bunyu, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia | |
| 10 | 181.00 miles (291.29 km) S | Juwata Airport (TRK) | Tarakan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia | |
| 11 | 190.60 miles (306.75 km) WSW | Long Pasia Airport (GSA) | Long Pasia, Sabah, Malaysia | |
| 12 | 195.99 miles (315.42 km) WSW | Lawas Airport (LWY) | Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia | |
| 13 | 196.97 miles (316.99 km) WSW | Labuan Airport (LBU) | Labuan, Sabah, Malaysia | |
| 14 | 198.97 miles (320.22 km) WSW | Long Sukang Airport (LSU) | Long Sukang, Sarawak, Malaysia | |
| 15 | 203.85 miles (328.06 km) E | Jolo Airport (JOL) | Jolo, Sulu, Philippines | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,290.13 miles (19,779.00 km) SSE | Coari Airport (CIZ) | Coari, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 2 | 12,221.21 miles (19,668.08 km) ESE | Lábrea Airport (LBR) | Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 3 | 12,203.21 miles (19,639.11 km) SW | Ponta Pelada Airport (PLL) | Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 4 | 12,200.94 miles (19,635.47 km) SE | Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) | Porto Velho, Brazil | |
| 5 | 12,199.72 miles (19,633.50 km) SSW | Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes–Manaus International Airport (MAO) | Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 6 | 12,178.27 miles (19,598.98 km) SE | Tefé Airport (TFF) | Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 7 | 12,096.02 miles (19,466.61 km) WSW | Maués Airport (MBZ) | Maués, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 8 | 12,093.41 miles (19,462.40 km) S | José Coleto Airport (JPR) | Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil | |
| 9 | 12,090.32 miles (19,457.43 km) S | Barcelos Airport (BAZ) | Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 10 | 12,089.44 miles (19,456.01 km) ESE | Carauari Airport (CAF) | Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 11 | 12,088.81 miles (19,455.00 km) SSW | Aripuanã Airport (AIR) | Aripuanã, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
| 12 | 12,051.25 miles (19,394.56 km) SW | Juruena Airport (JRN) | Juruena, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
| 13 | 12,025.26 miles (19,352.73 km) SE | Guayaramerín Airport (GYA) | Guayaramerín, Bolivia | |
| 14 | 12,015.81 miles (19,337.52 km) WSW | Júlio Belém Airport (PIN) | Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 15 | 12,011.53 miles (19,330.64 km) WSW | Itaituba Airport (ITB) | Itaituba, Pará, Brazil | |