Nonstop flight route between Kirksville, Missouri, United States and Sacheon, South Korea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK), Kirksville, Missouri, United States and Sacheon Airport (HIN), Sacheon, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,635 miles (or 10,677 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 Kirksville Regional Airport and Sacheon 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 Kirksville Regional Airport and Sacheon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IRK / KIRK |
Airport Name: | Kirksville Regional Airport |
Location: | Kirksville, Missouri, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°5'35"N by 92°32'42"W |
Area Served: | Kirksville, Missouri |
Operator/Owner: | City of Kirksville |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 966 feet (294 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from IRK |
More Information: | IRK Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK):
- Aviation in the Kirksville area began in the Kirksville area within a few years of the Wright brothers historic flight.
- The closest airport to Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK) is Trenton Municipal Airport (TRX), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) W of IRK.
- Kirksville Regional Airport is a city owned, public use airport located six nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Kirksville, a city in Benton Township, Adair County, Missouri, United States.
- Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK) has 2 runways.
- Because of Kirksville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 966 feet, planes can take off or land at Kirksville Regional 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 Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,860 miles (17,478 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 684 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 926 enplanements in 2009, and 2,127 in 2010.
Facts about Sacheon Airport (HIN):
- Sacheon Airport (HIN) has 2 runways.
- The ROKAF 10th Fighter Wing was formed at the base in 1951.
- The closest airport to Sacheon Airport (HIN) is Gimhae International Airport (PUS), which is located 49 miles (80 kilometers) E of HIN.
- During the Korean War the USAF designated the base K-4.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.