Nonstop flight route between Yamagata, Honshū, Japan and Mattydale (near Syracuse), New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yamagata Airport (GAJ), Yamagata, Honshū, Japan and Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR), Mattydale (near Syracuse), New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,358 miles (or 10,233 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 Yamagata Airport and Syracuse Hancock 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 Yamagata Airport and Syracuse Hancock International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GAJ / RJSC |
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Location: | Yamagata, Honshū, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°24'42"N by 140°22'15"E |
Area Served: | Yamagata |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 345 feet (105 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GAJ |
More Information: | GAJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SYR / KSYR |
Airport Name: | Syracuse Hancock International Airport |
Location: | Mattydale (near Syracuse), New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°6'39"N by 76°6'23"W |
Area Served: | Syracuse, New York |
Operator/Owner: | City of Syracuse |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 421 feet (128 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SYR |
More Information: | SYR Maps & Info |
Facts about Yamagata Airport (GAJ):
- The closest airport to Yamagata Airport (GAJ) is Sendai Airport (SDJ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) ESE of GAJ.
- The furthest airport from Yamagata Airport (GAJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,606 miles (18,679 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- Yamagata Airport (GAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Yamagata Airport", another name for GAJ is "山形空港".
- Because of Yamagata Airport's relatively low elevation of 345 feet, planes can take off or land at Yamagata 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.
- During the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, American troops used Yamagata Airport as a base for transporting fuel and materials to the disaster areas.
Facts about Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR):
- Syracuse Hancock International Airport handled 2,064,399 passengers last year.
- Because of Syracuse Hancock International Airport's relatively low elevation of 421 feet, planes can take off or land at Syracuse Hancock 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 furthest airport from Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,561 miles (18,606 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) has 2 runways.
- C&S is providing professional design and construction inspection/observation services for the construction of the Syracuse Hancock International Airport terminal security and access improvement project, a 147,000-square-foot renovation design project with an estimated cost of $63 million.
- The closest airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) is Cortland County Airport (CTX), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) S of SYR.
- In 2004 Syracuse Mayor Matthew Driscoll created a television and internet campaign, Fly Syracuse, hoping to lower fares and increase passenger traffic at the airport.
- Around the time of building the new terminal building, runway 6-24 was shortened to 3261 feet and continued to be a general aviation runway into the 1970s, and was abandoned after that.