Nonstop flight route between Nedumbassery near Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India and Iejima, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cochin International Airport (COK), Nedumbassery near Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India and Iejima Airport (IEJ), Iejima, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,531 miles (or 5,683 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 Cochin International Airport and Iejima 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 Cochin International Airport and Iejima Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cochin International Airport (COK):

• With a rising number of airlines operating at the airport, CIAL decided to construct an exclusive terminal for international arrivals which increased the floor space to 37,161 m2, increasing passport controls and baggage carousels in addition to expanding the international departures floor space.
• After the construction of the new international terminal, it is planned to convert the existing international terminal to a domestic terminal and reserve the current domestic terminal for business jets.
• The Chief Minister of Kerala is the ex-officio chairman of CIAL.
• On 8 September 2012, the director board of CIAL approved the design of the new international terminal which will cost 6 billion.
• Cochin International Airport (COK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Cochin International Airport", another name for COK is "Nedumbassery Airport".
• Because of Cochin International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Cochin 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.
• Cochin airport is the first in India to be built in a public–private partnership and is owned by a public limited company called Cochin International Airport Limited, better known as CIAL, floated by the government of Kerala in 1994.
• The closest airport to Cochin International Airport (COK) is Calicut International Airport (CCJ), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) NNW of COK.
• The furthest airport from Cochin International Airport (COK) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,301 miles (18,187 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• Cochin Airport has one helipad for dedicated use of helicopters, meant for air-taxi purposes.
• In October 1990, the Kerala Chamber of Commerce, supported by local industry, passed a resolution to expand the naval airport to accommodate large jets and facilitate direct flights to the Middle East.

Facts about Iejima Airport (IEJ):

• The closest airport to Iejima Airport (IEJ) is Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) S of IEJ.
• The furthest airport from Iejima Airport (IEJ) is Olavo Cecco Rigon Airport (CCI), which is nearly antipodal to Iejima Airport (meaning Iejima Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Olavo Cecco Rigon Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,962 kilometers) away in Concórdia, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Iejima Airport (IEJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Iejima Airport's relatively low elevation of 238 feet, planes can take off or land at Iejima 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 "Iejima Airport", another name for IEJ is "伊江島空港".