Nonstop flight route between Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia and Trenton, Ontario, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tawau Airport (TWU), Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia and Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR), Trenton, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,952 miles (or 14,407 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 Canadian Forces Base Trenton, 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 Canadian Forces Base Trenton. 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: | YTR / CYTR |
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Location: | Trenton, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°7'8"N by 77°31'41"W |
Operator/Owner: | The Queen in Right of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 283 feet (86 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YTR |
More Information: | YTR Maps & Info |
Facts about Tawau Airport (TWU):
- Tawau Airport is located at Balung, 3 km further in from the Pan Borneo Highway.
- The airport was subsequently opened to public in December 2001.
- 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 handled 1,202,344 passengers last year.
- Tawau Airport is an airport located 15 nautical miles north east of Tawau, a town in the state of Sabah in Malaysia.
- The closest airport to Tawau Airport (TWU) is Nunukan Airport (NNX), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TWU.
- Like other airports in the country, Tawau Airport is under the management of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.
- In addition to being known as "Tawau Airport", another name for TWU is "Lapangan Terbang Tawau".
- Tawau Airport (TWU) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 2008, 768,967 passengers went through the airport with 10,546 aircraft movements.
- Tawau airport is the nearest airport to the diving islands of Sipadan, Mabul and Kapalai.
- 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.
Facts about Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR):
- Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR) currently has only 1 runway.
- A new Material Distribution Centre opened on November 2, 2010.
- The closest airport to Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR) is Peterborough Airport (YPQ), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) W of YTR.
- The furthest airport from Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,462 miles (18,446 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre is housed in a new building named after Air Marshal Clare Annis.
- RCAF Station Trenton was renamed Canadian Forces Base Trenton after the February 1, 1968 merger of the RCAF with the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Army to form the Canadian Forces.
- On February 2, 1959, RCAF Station Trenton became the destination for CF-105 Arrow 25204, flying from the Avro Canada manufacturing facility at Malton Airport.
- The current commander of the base is Colonel David Lowthian, MSM.
- In addition to being known as "Canadian Forces Base Trenton", another name for YTR is "Trenton Airport".
- Because of Canadian Forces Base Trenton's relatively low elevation of 283 feet, planes can take off or land at Canadian Forces Base Trenton 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.
- Maintenance Hangar 1 is a two bay maintenance hangar designed for the large CC-177 Globemaster III.