Nonstop flight route between Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico and Fukuoka, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME), Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico and Fukuoka Airport (FUK), Fukuoka, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,879 miles (or 12,680 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 Ciudad del Carmen International Airport and Fukuoka 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 Ciudad del Carmen International Airport and Fukuoka Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME):

• The furthest airport from Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,709 miles (18,844 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Because of Ciudad del Carmen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Ciudad del Carmen 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ciudad del Carmen International Airport", another name for CME is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Ciudad del Carmen".
• Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME) is Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport (VSA), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) SW of CME.

Facts about Fukuoka Airport (FUK):

• In addition to being known as "Fukuoka Airport", other names for FUK include "福岡空港" and "Fukuoka KūkōItazuke Air Base".
• Fukuoka Airport is the fourth busiest passenger airport in Japan.
• Fukuoka Airport (FUK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Fukuoka Airport (meaning Fukuoka Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,253 miles (19,719 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• After the 1953 Armistice in Korea, the wartime combat units were slowly withdrawn back to the United States or reassigned to other airfields in Japan and South Korea.
• The first American units moved into the facility in November 1945, when the 38th Bombardment Group stationed B-25 Mitchells on the airfield.
• Itazuke played a key role in the Korean War and the defense of the Pusan perimeter in 1950.
• Because of Fukuoka Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Fukuoka 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 the mid-1990s, Delta Air Lines operated a non-stop flight between Fukuoka and its transpacific hub in Portland, Oregon, but later dropped the route due to financial pressure.
• The closest airport to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) is Saga Airport (HSG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SSW of FUK.
• Fukuoka's first civilian air service was Japan Airlines' Fukuoka-Osaka-Tokyo service, which commenced in 1951.