Nonstop flight route between Stuttgart, Germany and Sepang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Stuttgart Airport (STR), Stuttgart, Germany and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), Sepang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,189 miles (or 9,960 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 Stuttgart Airport and Kuala Lumpur 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 Stuttgart Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | STR / EDDS |
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| Location: | Stuttgart, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°41'23"N by 9°13'18"E |
| Area Served: | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1276 feet (389 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from STR |
| More Information: | STR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUL / WMKK |
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| Location: | Sepang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°44'35"N by 101°41'53"E |
| Area Served: | Greater Klang Valley |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 70 feet (21 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KUL |
| More Information: | KUL Maps & Info |
Facts about Stuttgart Airport (STR):
- In addition to being known as "Stuttgart Airport", another name for STR is "Flughafen Stuttgart".
- From the cities of Esslingen am Neckar, Reutlingen and Tübingen exists a connection by bus.
- The original 1938 terminal was finally replaced in 2004 and there are now four terminals with a maximum capacity of approximately 12 million passengers.
- Stuttgart Airport (STR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport was built in 1939 to replace Böblingen airport.
- The closest airport to Stuttgart Airport (STR) is Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (ZWS), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NNW of STR.
- The furthest airport from Stuttgart Airport (STR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Stuttgart Airport (meaning Stuttgart Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,004 miles (19,319 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Stuttgart Airport consists of four passenger terminals which have separate check-in facilities and entrances but are directly connected to each other and share a single airside area which features eight Jet bridges as well as about two dozen bus-boarding stands.
- It is an important hub for the Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings and global headquarters for car parking company APCOA Parking.
- Politicians, town planners and nearby residents have been arguing for years about the construction of a second runway.
- For the duration of the Cold War the runway and facilities were shared with the United States Army who operated helicopters, the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk and other fixed wing aircraft at Echterdingen Army Airfield on the southern portion of the facility.
Facts about Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL):
- The closest airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is KA01 KJ15 MR1 Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) 吉隆坡中环广场 (XKL), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) N of KUL.
- In addition to being known as "Kuala Lumpur International Airport", another name for KUL is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur".
- The inauguration of the airport was marked with problems.
- As there are international flights operating out from the airport, therefore terminals of the airport are equipped with immigration processing facilities and security scanning for all passengers including domestic passengers.
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) has 3 runways.
- The gates in Satellite Terminal A have the prefix C.The Satellite A terminal has 27 boarding gates altogether.
- Because of Kuala Lumpur International Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuala Lumpur 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.
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport was officially inaugurated by the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, on 27 June 1998 at 20:30 MST, a week ahead of Hong Kong International Airport and in time for the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
- The airport suffered greatly reduced traffic with the general reduction in economic activity brought about by the East Asian financial crisis, SARS, bird flu epidemic, the global financial crisis and the swine flu pandemic.
- The furthest airport from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS), which is nearly antipodal to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (meaning Kuala Lumpur International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,962 kilometers) away in Macas, Ecuador.
- At present, inter-terminal connection is provided on the landside at Gateway@KLIA2 complex and there are provisions for future airside inter-terminal connection.
