Nonstop flight route between Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and Santarém, Pará, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kitadaito Airport (KTD), Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM), Santarém, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,762 miles (or 17,319 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 Kitadaito Airport and Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca 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 Kitadaito Airport and Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kitadaito Airport (KTD):

• The closest airport to Kitadaito Airport (KTD) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SSW of KTD.
• Kitadaito Airport (KTD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Kitadaitō Airport ) is located on the island of Kitadaitōjima in the village of Kitadaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
• The furthest airport from Kitadaito Airport (KTD) is Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), which is nearly antipodal to Kitadaito Airport (meaning Kitadaito Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport), and is located 12,416 miles (19,982 kilometers) away in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Kitadaito Airport", other names for KTD include "北大東空港" and "Kitadaitō Kūkō".
• Because of Kitadaito Airport's relatively low elevation of 71 feet, planes can take off or land at Kitadaito 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.
• Kitadaito Airport was opened in 1971 as an emergency 760 meter airstrip, constructed of crushed coral by the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands.

Facts about Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM):

• The closest airport to Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM) is Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT), which is located 129 miles (208 kilometers) WNW of STM.
• Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport handled 487,585 passengers last year.
• The airport is located 15 km from downtown Santarém.
• It is operated by Infraero.
• Because of Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport's relatively low elevation of 198 feet, planes can take off or land at Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca 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 "Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport", another name for STM is "Aeroporto de Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca".
• The furthest airport from Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM) is Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC), which is nearly antipodal to Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (meaning Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA)), and is located 12,373 miles (19,913 kilometers) away in Manado, Indonesia.
• Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM) currently has only 1 runway.