Nonstop flight route between San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines and Sibu, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between San Fernando Airport (SFE), San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines and Sibu Airport (SBW), Sibu, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,140 miles (or 1,835 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 relatively short distance between San Fernando Airport and Sibu Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about San Fernando Airport (SFE):

• The closest airport to San Fernando Airport (SFE) is Loakan Airport (BAG), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SE of SFE.
• San Fernando Airport (SFE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of San Fernando Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at San Fernando 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.
• In addition to being known as "San Fernando Airport", another name for SFE is "Paliparan ng San Fernando Pagtayaban ti San Fernando".
• The furthest airport from San Fernando Airport (SFE) is Concepción Airport (CEP), which is nearly antipodal to San Fernando Airport (meaning San Fernando Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Concepción Airport), and is located 12,279 miles (19,762 kilometers) away in Concepción, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Facts about Sibu Airport (SBW):

• The closest airport to Sibu Airport (SBW) is Mukah Airport (MKM), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) N of SBW.
• 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 brand new check-in counters of the airport were opened on 19 December 2011.
• On 15 August 1990, a Lockheed C-130H Hercules belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force skidded off the runway and the aircraft had been written off.
• On that remarkably historical night, the air traffic clearance "Clear to land" was issued from the Sibu Air Traffic Control Tower on the assigned frequency 122.6 MHZ to the first Boeing 737-500 to land on the asphalt surface of the designated runway 13.
• Sibu Airport (SBW) currently has only 1 runway.
• Sibu Airport handled 1,383,887 passengers last year.
• That night not only marked the first landing of a turbo-prop commercial aircraft on Sibu ground but subsequently it also commemorated the commencement of operation of the new airport located 23 km east south east Sibu town.
• In addition to being known as "Sibu Airport", other names for SBW include "Lapangan Terbang Sibu", "诗巫机场" and "WBGS".
• 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.