Nonstop flight route between Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil and Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil and Miyako Airport (MMY), Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,211 miles (or 19,652 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 Alberto Bertelli Airport and Miyako 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 Alberto Bertelli Airport and Miyako Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between APX and MMY makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Alberto Bertelli Airport and Miyako Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between APX and MMY are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil and Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between APX and MMY!

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Facts about Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX):

• Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Alberto Bertelli Airport is the airport serving Arapongas, Brazil.
• The furthest airport from Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Alberto Bertelli Airport (meaning Alberto Bertelli Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,233 miles (19,687 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
• The closest airport to Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX) is Capitão João Busse Airport (APU), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) SSE of APX.
• Alberto Bertelli Airport handled 2,263 passengers last year.
• The airport is located 5 km northwest from downtown Arapongas.
• In addition to being known as "Alberto Bertelli Airport", another name for APX is "Aeroporto Alberto Bertelli".

Facts about Miyako Airport (MMY):

• The furthest airport from Miyako Airport (MMY) is Guaraní International Airport (AGT), which is nearly antipodal to Miyako Airport (meaning Miyako Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guaraní International Airport), and is located 12,390 miles (19,939 kilometers) away in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
• Miyako Airport (MMY) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Miyako Airport", other names for MMY include "宮古空港" and "Miyako Kūkō".
• Because of Miyako Airport's relatively low elevation of 140 feet, planes can take off or land at Miyako 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 closest airport to Miyako Airport (MMY) is Shimojishima Airport (SHI), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WNW of MMY.