Nonstop flight route between Yakima, Washington, United States and Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yakima Air Terminal (YKM), Yakima, Washington, United States and Kerteh Airport (KTE), Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,997 miles (or 12,870 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 Yakima Air Terminal and Kerteh 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 Yakima Air Terminal and Kerteh Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Yakima Air Terminal (YKM):

• The closest airport to Yakima Air Terminal (YKM) is Vagabond Army Heliport (closed to fixed-wing aircraft) (FCT), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNE of YKM.
• Yakima Air Terminal (YKM) has 2 runways.
• This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it as a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 69,835 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 60,028 in 2009 and 53,832 in 2010.
• Yakima Air Terminal is a public airport three miles south of Yakima, in Yakima County, Washington.
• The 2013 Federal sequester will result in the closure of the airport's contract control tower and will require pilots to rely on air traffic controllers from other area airports.
• In addition to being known as "Yakima Air Terminal", another name for YKM is "McAllister Field".
• The furthest airport from Yakima Air Terminal (YKM) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,797 miles (17,377 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Yakima Air Terminal covers 825 acres at an elevation of 1,099 feet above mean sea level.

Facts about Kerteh Airport (KTE):

• Kerteh Airport (KTE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kerteh Airport", another name for KTE is "Lapangan Terbang Kerteh".
• The closest airport to Kerteh Airport (KTE) is Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan (KUA), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SSW of KTE.
• The furthest airport from Kerteh Airport (KTE) is Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS), which is nearly antipodal to Kerteh Airport (meaning Kerteh Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport), and is located 12,341 miles (19,861 kilometers) away in Yurimaguas, Peru.
• Because of Kerteh Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerteh 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.