Nonstop flight route between Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Marudi, Sarawak, Malaysia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Marudi Airport (MUR), Marudi, Sarawak, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,460 miles (or 15,224 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Marudi 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Marudi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAL / KWAL |
Airport Name: | Wallops Flight Facility Airport |
Location: | Wallops Island, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°56'24"N by 75°27'59"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAL |
More Information: | WAL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MUR / WBGM |
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Location: | Marudi, Sarawak, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°10'39"N by 114°19'18"E |
Operator/Owner: | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 103 feet (31 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MUR |
More Information: | MUR Maps & Info |
Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):
- Since 2001, engineers at NASA Wallops Flight Facility have been developing new range technologies, systems and approaches to improve the cost and responsiveness of launch and flight test activities, within the constraints of available funding and program schedules.
- The schedule for sounding rocket launches from WFF is posted on its official Web site.
- The WFF Main Base is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula about 5 miles west of Chincoteague, Virginia.
- The WFF mobile range assets have been used to support rocket launches from locations in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, South America, Africa, Europe, Australia, and at sea.
- The first payload launched into orbit from Wallops Island was Explorer IX, atop a Scout rocket, on February 15, 1961.
- Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
Facts about Marudi Airport (MUR):
- The closest airport to Marudi Airport (MUR) is Miri Airport (MYY), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) WNW of MUR.
- In addition to being known as "Marudi Airport", another name for MUR is "Lapangan Terbang Marudi".
- The furthest airport from Marudi Airport (MUR) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Marudi Airport (meaning Marudi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Because of Marudi Airport's relatively low elevation of 103 feet, planes can take off or land at Marudi 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.
- Marudi Airport (MUR) currently has only 1 runway.