Nonstop flight route between Alliance, Nebraska, United States and Okinawa Prefecture, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA), Alliance, Nebraska, United States and Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA), Okinawa Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,716 miles (or 10,808 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 Alliance Municipal Airport and Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō, 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 Alliance Municipal Airport and Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AIA / KAIA |
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Location: | Alliance, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°3'11"N by 102°48'14"W |
Area Served: | Alliance, Nebraska |
Operator/Owner: | City of Alliance |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3931 feet (1,198 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
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More Information: | AIA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DNA / RODN |
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Location: | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°21'6"N by 127°46'9"E |
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Facts about Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA):
- Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA) has 3 runways.
- Though speculation was that the Army would make the huge Alliance airfield a permanent installation, by November 20 the Troop Carrier Command closed the facility permanently and began to make plans to sell the surplus property.
- In addition to being known as "Alliance Municipal Airport", another name for AIA is "(former Alliance Army Airfield)".
- The closest airport to Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA) is Western Nebraska Regional Airport (BFF), which is located 43 miles (68 kilometers) WSW of AIA.
- The furthest airport from Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,697 miles (17,215 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Western DC-3s started flying to Alliance in the 1940s.
- On August 22, 1943, a huge crowd of 65,000 people gathered for the dedication of Alliance Army Airfield, a training facility for Army paratroops and air crews.
Facts about Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA):
- In November 2006, the U.S.
- In addition to being known as "Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō", another name for DNA is "Kadena AFB".
- The furthest airport from Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is nearly antipodal to Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (meaning Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Paulo Abdala Airport), and is located 12,381 miles (19,926 kilometers) away in Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil.
- Kadena Air Base, is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
- Upon its reassignment to the Pacific Theater, Eighth Air Force was assigned to the U.S.
- On 30 June 1959 an F-100 from the wing crashed on Okinawa during a training flight after suffering an engine fire.
- Twentieth Air Force became the command and control organization for Kadena on 16 May 1949.
- The closest airport to Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SW of DNA.