Nonstop flight route between Boulder City, Nevada, United States and Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD), Boulder City, Nevada, United States and Kobe Airport (UKB), Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,795 miles (or 9,326 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 Boulder City 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 Boulder City 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 Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD):

• Boulder City Municipal Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Boulder City, in Clark County, Nevada, United States.
• The closest airport to Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) W of BLD.
• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 300,553 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 194,838 in 2009, and 169,923 in 2010.
• In addition to being known as "Boulder City Municipal Airport", other names for BLD include "KBVU" and "BVU".
• The furthest airport from Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,313 miles (18,206 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Boulder City Municipal Airport covers an area of 530 acres at an elevation of 2,203 feet above mean sea level.
• Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD) has 3 runways.

Facts about Kobe Airport (UKB):

• Kobe Airport (UKB) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kobe Airport", other names for UKB include "神戸空港" and "Kōbe Kūkō".
• Kobe Airport is an airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, 8 km south of Sannomiya StationJapan.
• Kobe has a single passenger terminal with four gates capable of accommodating widebody aircraft.
• The construction of the airport was stalled for lack of funding until 1995, when it won national government support as a means for recovering the Kobe economy in the wake of the great Hanshin earthquake.
• The closest airport to Kobe Airport (UKB) is Kansai International Airport (KIX), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) S of UKB.
• Some international charter flights also use Kobe Airport.
• 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.