Nonstop flight route between Subang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia and Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB), Subang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia and Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,283 miles (or 14,940 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 Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport and Westover Air Reserve Base, 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 Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport and Westover Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB):

• Skypark Commercial Nexus is a mixed development commercial project sited on a 5.13 hectare plot adjoined to the main terminal.
• The airport underwent renovation works at Terminal 3 from February 2008 and was finished in October 2009.
• In addition to being known as "Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport", another name for SZB is "Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah لاڤڠن تربڠ انتارابڠسا سلطان عبدالعزيز شه".
• The operator announce that construction works for a 9,000 square feet, five-star executive lounge begins in February 2008.
• The main headquarters of Malaysia Airlines is in Subang, consisting of administrative departments & its maintenance, repair and overhaul subsidiary, MAS Aerospace.
• Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport handled 1,859,020 passengers last year.
• The next phase of development will entail the refurbishment of the former Terminal 2 of the SAAS airport into an extension of the SkyPark Terminal 3.
• The closest airport to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) is  KA01  KJ15  MR1  Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) 吉隆坡中环广场 (XKL), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) E of SZB.
• Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah 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 Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) is Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (meaning Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mariscal Lamar International Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,950 kilometers) away in Cuenca, Ecuador.

Facts about Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF):

• Westover Air Reserve Base is an Air Force Reserve Command installation located in the Massachusetts communities of Chicopee and Ludlow, near the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
• During World War II Westover saw the training and formation of Airborne engineer aviation battalions to be used for rapidly establishing airfields in forward areas.
• President Roosevelt signed a $750,000 Works Progress Administration project bill for the air base's construction in November 1939.
• On 1 June 1948 Air Transport Command was reorganized into the Military Air Transport Service, and Westover was designated as Headquarters, Atlantic Division, Military Air Transport Service.
• The closest airport to Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of CEF.
• The furthest airport from Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,731 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1951 Air Defense Command established an air defense interceptor presence at Westover, its units being assigned to the base in a tenant status until the turnover of the base to the Air Force Reserve in 1974.
• In 1942 Westover Field was training center for anti-submarine, engineering, chemical platoons, bomber and fighter groups.
• In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".