Nonstop flight route between Altenrhein, Switzerland and Nagoya, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH), Altenrhein, Switzerland and Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO), Nagoya, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,879 miles (or 9,461 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 St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport and Chūbu Centrair 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 St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport and Chūbu Centrair International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH):

• The paved, eastbound runway 10 is equipped with an Instrument landing system.
• The closest airport to St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH) is Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (HOH), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SE of ACH.
• The furthest airport from St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (meaning St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,051 miles (19,394 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport", another name for ACH is "People's Business Airport".
• St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH) has 2 runways.

Facts about Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO):

• In 2008, Jetstar withdrew from the airport, and Continental Airlines ended its Honolulu flights.
• When the airport opened on 17 February 2005, it took over almost all of the existing Nagoya Airport 's commercial flights, and relieved Tokyo and Kansai areas of cargo shipments.
• The furthest airport from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,886 miles (19,128 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Chūbu Centrair International Airport", other names for NGO include "中部国際空港" and "Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō".
• The closest airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) is Nagoya Airfield (NKM), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of NGO.
• Central Japan International Airport Station, the train station for Centrair is located on the Meitetsu Airport Line operated by Nagoya Railroad.
• Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Malaysia Airlines suspended Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur service in 2008.
• With much lobbying by local business groups such as Toyota, especially for 24-hour cargo flights, construction started August 2000, with a budget of JPY¥768 billion, but through efficient management nearly ¥100 billion was saved.Penta-Ocean Construction was a major contractor.
• Because of Chūbu Centrair International Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Chūbu Centrair 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.