Nonstop flight route between Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Kuching International Airport (KCH), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,269 miles (or 13,307 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 Gran Canaria Airport and Kuching 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 Gran Canaria Airport and Kuching 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: | LPA / GCLP |
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Location: | Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°55'54"N by 15°23'12"W |
Area Served: | Gran Canaria |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 78 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LPA |
More Information: | LPA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KCH / WBGG |
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Location: | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°29'4"N by 110°20'16"E |
Area Served: | Kuching Division & Samarahan Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Malaysia |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 89 feet (27 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KCH |
More Information: | KCH Maps & Info |
Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):
- The deployment base of Gando Air Base is the Lanzarote Military Airfield.
- The closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of LPA.
- In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
- On 18 February 1988, Binter Canarias announced that the airline's main base was to be established at Gran Canaria.
- The airport can be reached by several island roads from all points in the island.
- Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.
- Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.
- There is an airbase of the Spanish Air Force to the east of the runways.
- The furthest airport from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Gran Canaria Airport (meaning Gran Canaria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
- Because of Gran Canaria Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Gran Canaria 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.
- In 1946, the old passenger terminal opened, which took two years to build.
Facts about Kuching International Airport (KCH):
- Because of Kuching International Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuching 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.
- Kuching International Airport (KCH) currently has only 1 runway.
- As a result of the increasing number of passengers going into and out of Kuching, a completely new and larger terminal was needed.
- In addition to being known as "Kuching International Airport", another name for KCH is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching 古晋国际机场".
- The furthest airport from Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Ipiranga Airport (IPG), which is nearly antipodal to Kuching International Airport (meaning Kuching International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ipiranga Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SW of KCH.
- Malaysia Airlines in Kuching International Airport has so far achieved a zero accident rate in 2006.
- Kuching International Airport handled 4,871,036 passengers last year.
- No city buses are available at the moment.
- Kuching International Airport then became the gateway to Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo with the introduction of once weekly Douglas Dakota twin-engined piston aircraft services originating from Singapore.