Nonstop flight route between Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA), Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB), Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,366 miles (or 19,902 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 Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō and Santa Terezinha Municipal 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 Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō and Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
The distance between DNA and JCB makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō and Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between DNA and JCB are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil by taking some connecting flights!
Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between DNA and JCB!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DNA / RODN |
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Location: | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°21'6"N by 127°46'9"E |
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Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JCB / SSJA |
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Location: | Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°10'22"S by 51°33'6"W |
Area Served: | Joaçaba |
Operator/Owner: | Joaçaba |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2546 feet (776 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
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Facts about Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA):
- The furthest airport from Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is nearly antipodal to Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (meaning Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Paulo Abdala Airport), and is located 12,381 miles (19,926 kilometers) away in Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil.
- Kadena Air Base's history dates back to just before the 1 April 1945, Battle of Okinawa, when a local construction firm completed a small airfield named Yara Hikojo near the island's village of Kadena.
- Beginning in 1961, the 18th was sending its tactical squadrons frequently to South Vietnam and Thailand, initially with its RF-101 reconnaissance forces, and beginning in 1964 with its tactical fighter forces supporting USAF combat missions in the Vietnam War.
- On 30 June 1959 an F-100 from the wing crashed on Okinawa during a training flight after suffering an engine fire.
- In addition to being known as "Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō", another name for DNA is "Kadena AFB".
- The closest airport to Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SW of DNA.
Facts about Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB):
- The furthest airport from Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) is Iejima Airport (IEJ), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (meaning Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Iejima Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Iejima, Japan.
- In addition to being known as "Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport", another name for JCB is "Aeroporto Municipal Santa Terezinha".
- The airport is located 6 km from downtown Joaçaba.
- Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) is Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) ENE of JCB.