Nonstop flight route between Subang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia and Tucson, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB), Subang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia and Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA), Tucson, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,202 miles (or 14,809 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 Davis–Monthan Air Force 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 Davis–Monthan Air Force 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):

• Subang Airport underwent a RM40 million facelift on the check-in terminals.
• Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport handled 1,859,020 passengers last year.
• 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 airport was officially opened to traffic on 30 August 1965, and had the longest runway in Southeast Asia, replacing Sungai Besi Airport.
• 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.
• 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.
• Another MAS subsidiary, Firefly also operates a fleet of ATR-72 out of Subang.

Facts about Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA):

• The furthest airport from Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,508 miles (18,521 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA) is Tucson International Airport (TUS), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SW of DMA.
• In July 1963, the 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Weather Wing, equipped with U-2 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, began flying global missions from Davis-Monthan.
• The 1980s brought several diverse missions to D-M.
• In October 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced that, as part of the strategic modernization program, Titan II systems were to be retired by 1 October 1987.