Nonstop flight route between Parchim, Germany and Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan:
Departure Airport:
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Arrival Airport:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Schwerin-Parchim Airport (SZW), Parchim, Germany and Ishigaki Airport (ISG), Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,726 miles (or 9,214 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 Schwerin-Parchim Airport and Ishigaki 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 Schwerin-Parchim Airport and Ishigaki Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SZW / EDOP |
Airport Name: | Schwerin-Parchim Airport |
Location: | Parchim, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°25'42"N by 11°46'54"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from SZW |
More Information: | SZW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ISG / ROIG |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°20'40"N by 124°11'12"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
Elevation: | 86 feet (26 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ISG |
More Information: | ISG Maps & Info |
Facts about Schwerin-Parchim Airport (SZW):
- The closest airport to Schwerin-Parchim Airport (SZW) is Rostock–Laage Airport (RLG), which is located 39 miles (64 kilometers) NNE of SZW.
- Because of Schwerin-Parchim Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Schwerin-Parchim 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 furthest airport from Schwerin-Parchim Airport (SZW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,674 miles (18,788 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Ishigaki Airport (ISG):
- The furthest airport from Ishigaki Airport (ISG) is Guaraní International Airport (AGT), which is nearly antipodal to Ishigaki Airport (meaning Ishigaki Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guaraní International Airport), and is located 12,339 miles (19,858 kilometers) away in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
- In addition to being known as "Ishigaki Airport", other names for ISG include "石垣空港" and "Ishigaki Kūkō".
- The closest airport to Ishigaki Airport (ISG) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SW of ISG.
- Because of Ishigaki Airport's relatively low elevation of 86 feet, planes can take off or land at Ishigaki 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.
- Ishigaki Airport (ISG) currently has only 1 runway.
- To meet these needs New Ishigaki Airport was constructed on the eastern side of the island, replaced Ishigaki Airport.
- Southwest Air Lines Flight 611 took off on runway 36 from Naha Airport on the island of Okinawa at 13:09 for a regular flight to Ishigaki Airport, Japan.