Nonstop flight route between Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan and Maun, Botswana:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kerama Airport (KJP), Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan and Maun Airport (MUB), Maun, Botswana would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,645 miles (or 12,304 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 Kerama Airport and Maun 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 Kerama Airport and Maun Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KJP / ROKR |
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Location: | Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°10'5"N by 127°17'35"E |
Area Served: | Kerama Islands, Japan |
Operator/Owner: | Okinawa Prefecture |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 156 feet (48 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KJP |
More Information: | KJP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MUB / FBMN |
Airport Name: | Maun Airport |
Location: | Maun, Botswana |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°58'21"S by 23°25'51"E |
Area Served: | Maun |
Operator/Owner: | Botswana Department of Civil Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3093 feet (943 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MUB |
More Information: | MUB Maps & Info |
Facts about Kerama Airport (KJP):
- The furthest airport from Kerama Airport (KJP) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is nearly antipodal to Kerama Airport (meaning Kerama Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Paulo Abdala Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,977 kilometers) away in Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil.
- Kerama Airport (KJP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Kerama Airport's relatively low elevation of 156 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerama 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.
- In addition to being known as "Kerama Airport", other names for KJP include "慶良間空港" and "Kerama Kūkō".
- The closest airport to Kerama Airport (KJP) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) E of KJP.
Facts about Maun Airport (MUB):
- The furthest airport from Maun Airport (MUB) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Maun Airport (meaning Maun Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- The airport has gone under recent expansion.
- Maun Airport is an international airport serving the town of Maun in the northern part of Botswana.
- The earliest known flights over the Okavango region took place in July 1925, and were part of a survey of the rivers of the Okavango region, using aircraft based in Livingstone.
- The closest airport to Maun Airport (MUB) is Ghanzi Airport (GNZ), which is located 165 miles (266 kilometers) SW of MUB.
- Maun Airport (MUB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The first planes to land here were before World War II – in the 1930s, just a mere 30 or so years after the Wright brothers made their historic first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.