Nonstop flight route between Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia and Flushing, New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tawau Airport (TWU), Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia and Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), Flushing, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,231 miles (or 14,855 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 Tawau Airport and Flushing Airport (closed 1984), 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 Tawau Airport and Flushing Airport (closed 1984). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TWU / WBKW |
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Location: | Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°18'47"N by 118°7'18"E |
Area Served: | Tawau Division, Sabah, East Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 57 feet (17 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TWU |
More Information: | TWU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FLU / KFLU |
Airport Name: | Flushing Airport (closed 1984) |
Location: | Flushing, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°46'45"N by 73°49'59"W |
Area Served: | New York City |
Operator/Owner: | New York City Economic Development Corporation |
Airport Type: | Airport (Airfield) |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from FLU |
More Information: | FLU Maps & Info |
Facts about Tawau Airport (TWU):
- Tawau Airport is located at Balung, 3 km further in from the Pan Borneo Highway.
- Tawau Airport (TWU) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Tawau Airport", another name for TWU is "Lapangan Terbang Tawau".
- The closest airport to Tawau Airport (TWU) is Nunukan Airport (NNX), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TWU.
- Open air car park is provided with 500 parking lots.
- Because of Tawau Airport's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Tawau 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 Tawau Airport (TWU) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Tawau Airport (meaning Tawau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,875 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
- At present, this airport is being expanded to accommodate medium wide-body aircraft with 2 aero bridges.
- Tawau Airport handled 1,202,344 passengers last year.
Facts about Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU):
- Because of Flushing Airport (closed 1984)'s relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Flushing Airport (closed 1984) 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 2004, the Bloomberg administration proposed rezoning the area for commercial development as part of the already existing College Point Corporate Park.
- The closest airport to Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU) is LaGuardia Airport (LGA), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) W of FLU.
- The furthest airport from Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,756 miles (18,919 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.