Nonstop flight route between Gwangju (Kwangju), South Korea and Moab, Utah, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gwangju Airport (KWJ), Gwangju (Kwangju), South Korea and Canyonlands Field (CNY), Moab, Utah, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,184 miles (or 9,952 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 Gwangju Airport and Canyonlands Field, 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 Gwangju Airport and Canyonlands Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gwangju Airport (KWJ):

• Gwangju Airport handled 1,539,187 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Gwangju Airport", other names for KWJ include "광주공항 光州空港", "Gwangju Gonghang" and "Kwangju Konghang".
• The furthest airport from Gwangju Airport (KWJ) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Gwangju Airport (meaning Gwangju Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,327 miles (19,839 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• The closest airport to Gwangju Airport (KWJ) is Mokpo Airport (MPK), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) SW of KWJ.
• Because of Gwangju Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Gwangju 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 airport was established in November 1948.
• Gwangju Airport (KWJ) has 2 runways.

Facts about Canyonlands Field (CNY):

• Canyonlands Field (CNY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Canyonlands Field (CNY) is Monticello Airport (MXC), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) SSE of CNY.
• Because of Canyonlands Field's high elevation of 4,557 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CNY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CNY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Frontier Airlines provided a service from 1958 until some time between 1970 and 1975.
• The furthest airport from Canyonlands Field (CNY) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,061 miles (17,801 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.