Nonstop flight route between Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia and Cayo Coco, Cuba:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tawau Airport (TWU), Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia and Jardines del Rey International Airport (CCC), Cayo Coco, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,279 miles (or 16,542 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 Tawau Airport and Jardines del Rey 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 Tawau Airport and Jardines del Rey International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Tawau Airport (TWU):

• At present, this airport is being expanded to accommodate medium wide-body aircraft with 2 aero bridges.
• The furthest airport from Tawau Airport (TWU) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Tawau Airport (meaning Tawau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,875 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Tawau Airport", another name for TWU is "Lapangan Terbang Tawau".
• The airport was subsequently opened to public in December 2001.
• Taxi coupon or town shuttle bus ticket to Tawau or Semporna can be bought at the respective counters inside the terminal.
• In 2008, 768,967 passengers went through the airport with 10,546 aircraft movements.
• Tawau Airport (TWU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Tawau Airport handled 1,202,344 passengers last year.
• Because of Tawau Airport's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Tawau 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.
• However on 15 September 1995, a Malaysian Airlines Fokker 50 from Kota Kinabalu touched down 500 m before the end of the 2,200 m long runway.
• The closest airport to Tawau Airport (TWU) is Nunukan Airport (NNX), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of TWU.

Facts about Jardines del Rey International Airport (CCC):

• There is no regular bus route that links the mentioned cities to the airport.
• Jardines del Rey International Airport (CCC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Jardines del Rey International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Jardines del Rey 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 Jardines del Rey International Airport (CCC) is Spring Point Airport (AXP), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) W of CCC.
• In addition to being known as "Jardines del Rey International Airport", other names for CCC include "Aeropuerto Internacional de Jardines del Rey" and "MUCC".
• The furthest airport from Jardines del Rey International Airport (CCC) is Carnarvon Airport (CVQ), which is located 11,660 miles (18,764 kilometers) away in Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia.