Nonstop flight route between Tunis / Carthage, Tunisia and Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN), Tunis / Carthage, Tunisia and Kuching International Airport (KCH), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,672 miles (or 10,738 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 Tunis–Carthage Airport and Kuching 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 Tunis–Carthage Airport and Kuching International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN):

• During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Air Force Twelfth Air Force as a headquarters and command control base for the Italian Campaign of 1943.
• In addition to being known as "Tunis–Carthage Airport", other names for TUN include "Aéroport international de Tunis-Carthage" and "مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي".
• Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,841 miles (19,057 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Tunis–Carthage Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Tunis–Carthage 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.
• Tunis–Carthage Airport handled 3,994,705 passengers last year.
• The history of the airport dates back to 1920 when the first seaplane base in Tunisia was built on the Lake of Tunis for the seaplanes of Compagnie Aéronavale.
• The closest airport to Tunis–Carthage Airport (TUN) is Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base (OIZ), which is located 36 miles (59 kilometers) NW of TUN.

Facts about Kuching International Airport (KCH):

• Construction of the terminal complex at the north site took a centre stage at the end of 1978 and was completed in July 1983.
• Kuching International Airport (KCH) currently has only 1 runway.
• Kuching International Airport handled 4,871,036 passengers last year.
• KIA is the secondary hub for Malaysia Airlines and has been growing rapidly to tackle the demand of the travellers in the East Malaysia region.
• Kuching International Airport has two sides of baggage reclaim halls, one is for the domestic flights while the other one is for both international flights and flights outside Sarawak.
• Kuching International Airport was given a radical makeover, with the terminal completed in 2006 and the runway and taxiway extension fully completed in 2008.
• As of 1999, two foreign airlines from both Singapore and Brunei as well as Malaysia's national carrier and as many as 8 private general aviation companies operated scheduled services into and out of Kuching International Airport.
• Because of Kuching International Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuching 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kuching International Airport", another name for KCH is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching 古晋国际机场".
• The closest airport to Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SW of KCH.
• The furthest airport from Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Ipiranga Airport (IPG), which is nearly antipodal to Kuching International Airport (meaning Kuching International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ipiranga Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil.