Nonstop flight route between Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan and União da Vitória, Paraná, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kikai Airport (KKX), Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan and José Cleto Airport (QVB), União da Vitória, Paraná, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,280 miles (or 19,763 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 Kikai Airport and José Cleto 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 Kikai Airport and José Cleto Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
The distance between KKX and QVB makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Kikai Airport and José Cleto 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 KKX and QVB are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan and União da Vitória, Paraná, 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 KKX and QVB!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KKX / RJKI |
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Location: | Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°19'17"N by 129°55'41"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KKX |
More Information: | KKX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QVB / SSUV |
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Location: | União da Vitória, Paraná, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°13'54"S by 51°4'8"W |
Area Served: | União da Vitória |
Operator/Owner: | União da Vitória SEIL |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2467 feet (752 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from QVB |
More Information: | QVB Maps & Info |
Facts about Kikai Airport (KKX):
- In addition to being known as "Kikai Airport", other names for KKX include "Kikai/Kikaigashima Island Airport", "喜界空港" and "Kikai Kūkō".
- Kikai Airport (KKX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Kikai Airport (KKX) is Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), which is nearly antipodal to Kikai Airport (meaning Kikai Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport), and is located 12,397 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- Because of Kikai Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Kikai 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 closest airport to Kikai Airport (KKX) is Amami Airport (ASJ), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) WNW of KKX.
Facts about José Cleto Airport (QVB):
- José Cleto Airport handled 333 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from José Cleto Airport (QVB) is Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA), which is nearly antipodal to José Cleto Airport (meaning José Cleto Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō), and is located 12,364 miles (19,898 kilometers) away in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
- The closest airport to José Cleto Airport (QVB) is Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) SSE of QVB.
- In the 1960s, União da Vitória Airport was served by airlines with regular flights to Curitiba, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre and other important cities, being a hub to regional airports.
- José Cleto Airport (QVB) currently has only 1 runway.
- On March 1, 1915, during his second flight, the one in which he would start destroying villages and other settlements, he crashed in a forest 44 km from União da Vitória while attempting an emergency landing.
- In addition to being known as "José Cleto Airport", another name for QVB is "Aeroporto José Cleto".