Nonstop flight route between Sacheon, South Korea and Moscow, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sacheon Airport (HIN), Sacheon, South Korea and Vnukovo International Airport (VKO), Moscow, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,291 miles (or 6,906 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 Sacheon Airport and Vnukovo 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 Sacheon Airport and Vnukovo 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: | HIN / RKPS |
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Location: | Sacheon, South Korea |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°5'18"N by 128°4'13"E |
Area Served: | Sacheon, Jinju |
Operator/Owner: | Korean Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce |
Airport Type: | Public domestic / Military airfield |
Elevation: | 25 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HIN |
More Information: | HIN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VKO / UUWW |
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Location: | Moscow, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°35'45"N by 37°16'2"E |
Area Served: | Moscow |
Operator/Owner: | JSC "Vnukovo Airport" |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 686 feet (209 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from VKO |
More Information: | VKO Maps & Info |
Facts about Sacheon Airport (HIN):
- In addition to being known as "Sacheon Airport", other names for HIN include "사천공항 泗川空港", "Sacheon Gonghang" and "Sach'ŏn Konghang".
- Sacheon Airport handled 169,120 passengers last year.
- Sacheon Airport (HIN) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Sacheon Airport (HIN) is Gimhae International Airport (PUS), which is located 49 miles (80 kilometers) E of HIN.
- Because of Sacheon Airport's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Sacheon 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.
- On 13 November 2003 a KAI KT-1 crashed shortly after takeoff from the base, the instructor ekjected safely while the trainee was killed.
- The furthest airport from Sacheon Airport (HIN) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Sacheon Airport (meaning Sacheon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,257 miles (19,726 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
- The airport is also home to a Korea Aerospace Industries, which manufactures military aircraft, satellites and aircraft engines.
Facts about Vnukovo International Airport (VKO):
- The furthest airport from Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,747 miles (17,296 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The first passenger flights of the IL-18 and Tu-114 were also made from Vnukovo Airport.
- Because of Vnukovo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 686 feet, planes can take off or land at Vnukovo 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.
- Vnukovo International Airport handled 11,175,100 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Vnukovo International Airport", another name for VKO is "Международный Аэропорт Внуково".
- Of the three Moscow airports, Vnukovo is the highest.
- On 4 November 1957, a plane carrying Romanian Workers' Party officials, including the most prominent politicians of Communist Romania, was involved in an accident at Vnukovo Airport.
- Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) is Ostafyevo International Airport (OSF), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of VKO.
- On the northern perimeter of the airport, the government VIP transport wing is located, operating head-of-state flights for high-ranking government officials.
- ^* – Domestic flights from North Caucasus arrive to Terminal D