Nonstop flight route between Cizre, Turkey and Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT), Cizre, Turkey and Kuching International Airport (KCH), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,928 miles (or 7,931 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 Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi 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 Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport and Kuching International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT):

• In addition to being known as "Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport", another name for NKT is "Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Havalimanı".
• The closest airport to Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) is Siirt Airport (SXZ), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) NNW of NKT.
• Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,434 miles (18,401 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about Kuching International Airport (KCH):

• Kuching International Airport handled 4,871,036 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Kuching International Airport", another name for KCH is "Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching 古晋国际机场".
• Work on the strengthening and extension of the runway to 2,454 metres in length started in 1973 and was completed in 1976, capable of handling Boeing 707 turbofan aircraft.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Kuching International Airport (KCH) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SW of KCH.
• 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.
• 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.
• Kuching International Airport has two sides of baggage reclaim halls, one is for the domestic flights while the other one is for both international flights and flights outside Sarawak.
• Kuching International Airport (KCH) currently has only 1 runway.
• Kuching International Airport was given a radical makeover, with the terminal completed in 2006 and the runway and taxiway extension fully completed in 2008.