Just sitting here in my room on Lombok Island (one of the lesser sunda Islands) I realise that I'm only 65 miles from Denpasar to the west. Started looking up the distances to the nearby islands (to the east) Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, then further east into timor and yet further east into Papua.
I stated to wonder how long an indonesian domestic flight could be, so I looked up the southeasternmost city on Papua (and therefore indonesia), i.e Merauke, and looked up the northwesternmost city in Sumatra, i.e Aceh (and therefore also indonesia) - and the straightline between Merauke (MKQ) and Bandar Aceh (BTJ) airports is a whopping 3,250 miles.
Put that in perspective, SIN-ADL is only 100 miles longer at 3,350!
So just out of curiosity - I wondered if i was in Merauke now, how I'd get to Bandar Aceh the fastest way possible, and this is the best I could come up with for tomorrow (6th May)
MZ781 MKQ(Merauke,Irian Jaya)-DJJ (Jayapura, Irian Jaya) 0905-1015 (duration 1hr 10)
continuing
MZ781 DJJ-MKW(Manokwari, Irian Jaya)1055-1215 (duration 1hr 20)
continuing
MZ781 MKW-UPG (Makassar, Sulawesi) 1255-1425 (duration 2hrs 30)
continuing
MZ781 UPG-CGK (Jakarta, Java) 1510-1625 (duration 2hrs 15)
Total elapsed time for MZ781: 8hrs 20
Overnight Jakarta:
GA142 CGK-BTJ (Bandar Aceh, Sumatra) 0630-0915 (duration 2hrs 40)
3917 miles all up, 26 hours 10 minutes elapsed, all without a passport......... Whoever might possibly be undertaking this journey tomorrow: I salute you !
http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=m...navy&MAP-STYLE=
I stated to wonder how long an indonesian domestic flight could be, so I looked up the southeasternmost city on Papua (and therefore indonesia), i.e Merauke, and looked up the northwesternmost city in Sumatra, i.e Aceh (and therefore also indonesia) - and the straightline between Merauke (MKQ) and Bandar Aceh (BTJ) airports is a whopping 3,250 miles.
Put that in perspective, SIN-ADL is only 100 miles longer at 3,350!
So just out of curiosity - I wondered if i was in Merauke now, how I'd get to Bandar Aceh the fastest way possible, and this is the best I could come up with for tomorrow (6th May)
MZ781 MKQ(Merauke,Irian Jaya)-DJJ (Jayapura, Irian Jaya) 0905-1015 (duration 1hr 10)
continuing
MZ781 DJJ-MKW(Manokwari, Irian Jaya)1055-1215 (duration 1hr 20)
continuing
MZ781 MKW-UPG (Makassar, Sulawesi) 1255-1425 (duration 2hrs 30)
continuing
MZ781 UPG-CGK (Jakarta, Java) 1510-1625 (duration 2hrs 15)
Total elapsed time for MZ781: 8hrs 20
Overnight Jakarta:
GA142 CGK-BTJ (Bandar Aceh, Sumatra) 0630-0915 (duration 2hrs 40)
3917 miles all up, 26 hours 10 minutes elapsed, all without a passport......... Whoever might possibly be undertaking this journey tomorrow: I salute you !
http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=m...navy&MAP-STYLE=
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