Nonstop flight route between Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States and Sepang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ), Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), Sepang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,247 miles (or 14,881 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 Albuquerque International Sunport and Kuala Lumpur International 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 Albuquerque International Sunport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ABQ / KABQ |
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Location: | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°2'21"N by 106°36'38"W |
Area Served: | Albuquerque, New Mexico, US |
Operator/Owner: | City of Albuquerque |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5355 feet (1,632 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ABQ |
More Information: | ABQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUL / WMKK |
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Location: | Sepang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°44'35"N by 101°41'53"E |
Area Served: | Greater Klang Valley |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 70 feet (21 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUL |
More Information: | KUL Maps & Info |
Facts about Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ):
- Because of Albuquerque International Sunport's high elevation of 5,355 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ABQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ABQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) has 4 runways.
- The present terminal was designed by William E.
- The furthest airport from Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,217 miles (18,051 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- In addition to being known as "Albuquerque International Sunport", another name for ABQ is "Albuquerque".
- Albuquerque International Sunport handled 5,801,641 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) is Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) NE of ABQ.
- The largest passenger aircraft scheduled into Albuquerque is the Boeing 757, operated by Delta Air Lines on flights from Atlanta during spring and summer.
Facts about Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL):
- The airport has the capacity to handle 70 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo a year.
- Check-in counters are divided into 8 rows located in 4 islands, each row identified by the letters S – Z.
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) has 3 runways.
- The airport suffered greatly reduced traffic with the general reduction in economic activity brought about by the East Asian financial crisis, SARS, bird flu epidemic, the global financial crisis and the swine flu pandemic.
- The contact pier is the rectangular-shaped terminal that is connected to the KLIA Main Terminal Building.
- Because of Kuala Lumpur International Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuala Lumpur International 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 closest airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is KA01 KJ15 MR1 Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) 吉隆坡中环广场 (XKL), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) N of KUL.
- In addition to being known as "Kuala Lumpur International Airport", another name for KUL is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur".
- The furthest airport from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS), which is nearly antipodal to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (meaning Kuala Lumpur International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,962 kilometers) away in Macas, Ecuador.