Nonstop flight route between Anthony, Kansas, United States and Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY), Anthony, Kansas, United States and Kobe Airport (UKB), Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,411 miles (or 10,317 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 Anthony Municipal Airport and Kobe 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 Anthony Municipal Airport and Kobe Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY):

• The furthest airport from Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,795 miles (17,373 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Anthony Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of Anthony, a city in Harper County, Kansas, United States.
• Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY) is Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field (CKA), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) S of ANY.
• For the 12-month period ending January 18, 2007, the airport had 6,200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day.

Facts about Kobe Airport (UKB):

• Kobe Airport (UKB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Some international charter flights also use Kobe Airport.
• Kobe has a single passenger terminal with four gates capable of accommodating widebody aircraft.
• Because of Kobe Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kobe 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.
• As part of its bankruptcy restructuring, JAL terminated all services out of Kobe and closed its office on June 1, 2010, in response to which Skymark Airlines announced a major expansion at the airport.
• The closest airport to Kobe Airport (UKB) is Kansai International Airport (KIX), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) S of UKB.
• The furthest airport from Kobe Airport (UKB) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,976 miles (19,273 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Kobe Airport", other names for UKB include "神戸空港" and "Kōbe Kūkō".
• On February 2, 2006, Kobe Airport Station was connected to Sannomiya Station in central Kobe by an extension of the existing Port Liner automated guideway transit system, using 2000 series trains as well as some older 8000 series trains.