Nonstop flight route between Marana, Arizona, United States and Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pinal Airpark (MZJ), Marana, Arizona, United States and Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ), Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,305 miles (or 10,148 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 Pinal Airpark and Yamaguchi Ube 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 Pinal Airpark and Yamaguchi Ube Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MZJ / KMZJ |
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Location: | Marana, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°30'34"N by 111°19'31"W |
Area Served: | Marana, Arizona |
Operator/Owner: | Pinal County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1893 feet (577 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MZJ |
More Information: | MZJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UBJ / RJDC |
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Location: | Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°55'47"N by 131°16'42"E |
Area Served: | Ube |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UBJ |
More Information: | UBJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Pinal Airpark (MZJ):
- Pinal Airpark covers an area of 2,080 acres at an elevation of 1,893 feet above mean sea level.
- Its main purpose is to act as a boneyard for civilian commercial aircraft.
- One of the more notable aircraft assigned to Marana during its CIA years was a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, AAF Serial 44-85531.
- The furthest airport from Pinal Airpark (MZJ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,496 miles (18,502 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Marana conducted basic flight training & the training of transport pilots in instrument flying & navigation, being the home of the 3024th.
- The closest airport to Pinal Airpark (MZJ) is Marana Regional Airport (AVW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SE of MZJ.
- In addition to being known as "Pinal Airpark", another name for MZJ is "Marana Army Airfield".
- Pinal Airpark (MZJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Pinal Airpark also hosts the U.S.
Facts about Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ):
- Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Yamaguchi Ube Airport (meaning Yamaguchi Ube Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,200 miles (19,634 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Yamaguchi Ube Airport", other names for UBJ include "山口宇部空港" and "Yamaguchi Ube Kūkō".
- Because of Yamaguchi Ube Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Yamaguchi Ube 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 Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) is Kokura Airport (KKJ), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of UBJ.