Nonstop flight route between Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia and Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tawau Airport (TWU), Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia and Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT), Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,011 miles (or 19,330 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 Porto de Trombetas 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 Tawau Airport and Porto de Trombetas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
The distance between TWU and TMT makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Tawau Airport and Porto de Trombetas Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between TWU and TMT are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia and Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil by taking some connecting flights!
Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between TWU and TMT!
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: | TMT / SBTB |
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Location: | Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°29'3"S by 56°23'57"W |
Area Served: | Porto Trombetas (Oriximiná) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 285 feet (87 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TMT |
More Information: | TMT Maps & Info |
Facts about Tawau Airport (TWU):
- 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.
- Taxi coupon or town shuttle bus ticket to Tawau or Semporna can be bought at the respective counters inside the terminal.
- In addition to being known as "Tawau Airport", another name for TWU is "Lapangan Terbang Tawau".
- However on 15 September 1995, a Malaysian Airlines Fokker 50 from Kota Kinabalu touched down 500 m before the end of the 2,200 m long runway.
- 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.
- Tawau Airport (TWU) currently has only 1 runway.
- According to a survey, the old airport has one of the shortest runways in the country.
- During the early days, Tawau airport was located on Jalan Utara, literally known as Northern road about 2 mi away from Tawau.
- The closest airport to Tawau Airport (TWU) is Nunukan Airport (NNX), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TWU.
- Tawau Airport handled 1,202,344 passengers last year.
Facts about Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT):
- Because of Porto de Trombetas Airport's relatively low elevation of 285 feet, planes can take off or land at Porto de Trombetas 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.
- Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Porto de Trombetas Airport", another name for TMT is "Aeroporto de Porto Trombetas".
- The furthest airport from Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) is Jalaluddin Airport (GTO), which is nearly antipodal to Porto de Trombetas Airport (meaning Porto de Trombetas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jalaluddin Airport), and is located 12,359 miles (19,889 kilometers) away in Gorontalo, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) is Júlio Belém Airport (PIN), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) SSW of TMT.