Nonstop flight route between Changi, Singapore and Kalabo, Zambia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), Changi, Singapore and Kalabo Airport (KLB), Kalabo, Zambia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,677 miles (or 9,135 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 Singapore Changi Airport and Kalabo 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 Singapore Changi Airport and Kalabo 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 Singapore Changi Airport (SIN):

• The closest airport to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) is Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) W of SIN.
• In addition to being known as "Singapore Changi Airport", other names for SIN include "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Changi Singapura", "新加坡樟宜机场(Xīnjiāpō Zhāngyí Jīchǎng)" and "சிங்கப்பூர் சாங்கி விமானநிலையம் (Ciṅkappūr Cāṅki Vimana Nilaiyam)".
• Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) has 3 runways.
• Changing needs in the aviation industry led to reviews in the master plan, resulting in the decision to cater to the high-end as well as budget sectors of the air travel industry.
• The contractor was Penta-Ocean Construction, a Japanese construction firm directly involved in numerous land reclamation projects in Singapore.
• The furthest airport from Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Singapore Changi Airport (meaning Singapore Changi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,345 miles (19,868 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
• Construction of this terminal, Terminal 3, began in 1999, at an estimated cost of about S$1.75 billion.
• Singapore's International Airport at Paya Lebar, Singapore's third main civilian airport after Seletar Airport and Kallang Airport opened in 1955 with a single runway and a small passenger terminal.
• To prepare for the arrival of the Airbus A380, the airport put into place modifications works costing S$60 million, which it has planned for since the late 1990s.
• The master plan for the existing airport initially involved a dual-terminal and dual-runway configuration over two phases with provisions for another two passenger terminals in the near future.
• In 2013, the airport handled 53.1 million passengers, a 5% increase over the previous year.
• After Singaporean authorities decided to build a new airport, Singaporean government dispatched an inspection team to Taiwan in 1979, watching and learning the design of newly built Chiang Kai-shek International Airport.
• Because of Singapore Changi Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Singapore Changi 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.

Facts about Kalabo Airport (KLB):

• Kalabo Airport (KLB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kalabo Airport (KLB) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Kalabo Airport (meaning Kalabo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,095 miles (19,465 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Kalabo Airport (KLB) is Mongu Airport (MNR), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) ESE of KLB.