Nonstop flight route between Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia and Butterworth, South Africa:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport (NLI), Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia and RMAF Butterworth (UTE), Butterworth, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,999 miles (or 6,436 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 Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport and RMAF Butterworth, 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 Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport and RMAF Butterworth. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NLI / |
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Location: | Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°9'14"N by 140°39'18"E |
Area Served: | Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NLI |
More Information: | NLI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UTE / FABU |
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Location: | Butterworth, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°27'57"N by 100°23'27"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence (Malaysia) |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 8 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UTE |
More Information: | UTE Maps & Info |
Facts about Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport (NLI):
- The furthest airport from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport (NLI) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 11,656 miles (18,758 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.
- In addition to being known as "Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport", another name for NLI is "Аэропорт Николаевск-на-Амуре".
- Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport (NLI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport (NLI) is Okha Airport (OHH), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) ENE of NLI.
Facts about RMAF Butterworth (UTE):
- During the Malayan Emergency that was to last from 1948 to 1960, RAF as well as RAAF and RNZAF units stationed at the airfield played an active role from 1950 in helping to curb the communist insurgency in the jungles of Malaya by attacking suspected hideouts and harassing the communist guerrillas.
- Another notable unit was the No.
- The RAF airfield was subsequently captured by units of the advancing 25th Army on 20 December 1941 and the control of the airbase was to remain in the hands of IJA until the end of hostilities in September 1945.
- On 30 June 1988, the airfield was handed over by RAAF to the Royal Malaysian Air Force and was renamed as RMAF Station Butterworth.
- The furthest airport from RMAF Butterworth (UTE) is Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU), which is nearly antipodal to RMAF Butterworth (meaning RMAF Butterworth is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,900 kilometers) away in Piura, Peru.
- In 1957, the RAF closed the station and it was transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force and it was promptly renamed as RAAF Station Butterworth, becoming the home to numerous Australian fighter and bomber squadrons stationed in Malaya during the Cold War era.
- Because of RMAF Butterworth's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at RMAF Butterworth 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 RMAF Butterworth (UTE) is RMAF Butterworth (BWH), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of UTE.
- RMAF Butterworth (UTE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "RMAF Butterworth", other names for UTE include "TUDM Butterworth", "BWH" and "WMKB".