Nonstop flight route between Sibu, Malaysia and Belgrade, Serbia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sibu Airport (SBW), Sibu, Malaysia and Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), Belgrade, Serbia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,190 miles (or 9,962 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 Sibu Airport and Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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 Sibu Airport and Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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 Sibu Airport (SBW):

• Because of Sibu Airport's relatively low elevation of 122 feet, planes can take off or land at Sibu 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.
• Sibu Airport handled 1,383,887 passengers last year.
• The actual official date of operation of the new airport began 1 June 1994.
• The brand new check-in counters of the airport were opened on 19 December 2011.
• The furthest airport from Sibu Airport (SBW) is Ipiranga Airport (IPG), which is nearly antipodal to Sibu Airport (meaning Sibu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ipiranga Airport), and is located 12,312 miles (19,814 kilometers) away in Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Sibu Airport (SBW) is Mukah Airport (MKM), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) N of SBW.
• Sibu Airport (SBW) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Sibu Airport", other names for SBW include "Lapangan Terbang Sibu", "诗巫机场" and "WBGS".
• On 2 September 1992, a Fokker 50 aircraft landing gear failed, causing the aircraft to veer off the runway and into the bushes.

Facts about Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG):

• Experts from the Serbian City Planning Bureau, with the architect Nikola Dobrović at the helm, made the preliminary plans for the new airport.
• Besides Aeroput, Air France, Deutsche Luft Hansa, KLM, Imperial Airways and airlines from Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Poland also used the airport until the outbreak of the Second World War.
• In addition to being known as "Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport", other names for BEG include "Аеродром Београд - Никола Тесла" and "Aerodrom Beograd - Nikola Tesla".
• In August 2007, the airport management announced that within the next 4 years Terminal 2 gates will be expanded as well as parking spaces for aircraft.
• Belgrade's first international airport was opened on 25 March 1927 on the territory of today's Novi Beograd.
• The map includes destinations in Europe and parts of North Africa and Middle East served from Belgrade Airport.
• The furthest airport from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,607 miles (18,679 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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.
• Terminal 1 was the original and the only terminal when the airport was opened.
• The closest airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Batajnica Airbase (BJY), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of BEG.
• During that period a 3,000 m long runway was built with the parallel taxiway and concrete aprons for sixteen planes.
• Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) currently has only 1 runway.