Nonstop flight route between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States and Osaka, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wiley Post Airport (PWA), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States and Kansai International Airport (KIX), Osaka, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,521 miles (or 10,495 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 Wiley Post Airport and Kansai International 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 Wiley Post Airport and Kansai International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PWA / KPWA |
Airport Name: | Wiley Post Airport |
Location: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°32'3"N by 97°38'48"W |
Area Served: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Operator/Owner: | City of Oklahoma City |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1299 feet (396 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from PWA |
More Information: | PWA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIX / RJBB |
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Location: | Osaka, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°26'3"N by 135°13'58"E |
Area Served: | Greater Osaka Area |
Operator/Owner: | Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 17 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from KIX |
More Information: | KIX Maps & Info |
Facts about Wiley Post Airport (PWA):
- It was named after Wiley Post, the first pilot to fly solo around the world, and holds the distinction of being named after a person who died in an airplane crash.
- The furthest airport from Wiley Post Airport (PWA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,849 miles (17,460 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Wiley Post Airport (PWA) is Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) SSE of PWA.
- Wiley Post Airport (PWA) has 3 runways.
Facts about Kansai International Airport (KIX):
- In addition to being known as "Kansai International Airport", other names for KIX include "関西国際空港" and "Kansai Kokusai Kūkō".
- On 17 February 2005, Chubu Centrair International Airport opened in Nagoya, just east of Osaka.
- The closest airport to Kansai International Airport (KIX) is Kobe Airport (UKB), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) N of KIX.
- The furthest airport from Kansai International Airport (KIX) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,980 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- Peach requested that Terminal 2 have a simplified design in order to minimize operating costs.
- Because of Kansai International Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Kansai International 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 merger of the Itami and Kansai airport authorities was completed in July 2012.
- After the protests surrounding New Tokyo International Airport, which was built with expropriated land in a rural part of Chiba Prefecture, planners decided to build the airport offshore.
- Kansai opened 4 September 1994 to relieve overcrowding at Osaka International Airport, which is closer to the city of Osaka and now handles only domestic flights.
- Kansai International Airport (KIX) has 2 runways.
- On 19 April 2001, the airport was one of ten structures given the "Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium" award by the American Society of Civil Engineers.