Nonstop flight route between Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and Greensboro, North Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between New Chitose Airport (CTS), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO), Greensboro, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,389 miles (or 10,283 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 New Chitose Airport and Piedmont Triad International 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 New Chitose Airport and Piedmont Triad International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CTS / RJCC |
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Location: | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°46'31"N by 141°41'32"E |
Area Served: | Sapporo metropolitan area |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Transport (airfield) Hokkaidō Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. (terminal) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 70 feet (21 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from CTS |
More Information: | CTS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GSO / KGSO |
Airport Name: | Piedmont Triad International Airport |
Location: | Greensboro, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°5'52"N by 79°56'13"W |
Area Served: | Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
Operator/Owner: | Piedmont Triad Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 926 feet (282 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from GSO |
More Information: | GSO Maps & Info |
Facts about New Chitose Airport (CTS):
- In addition to being known as "New Chitose Airport", other names for CTS include "Sapporo/New Chitose Airport", "新千歳空港" and "Shin-Chitose Kūkō".
- The airport has a semicircular domestic terminal with eighteen gates, and a smaller international terminal with six gates.
- New Chitose became Japan's first 24-hour airport in 1994.
- New Chitose Airport (CTS) has 4 runways.
- Because of New Chitose Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at New Chitose 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.
- International terminal
- Along with Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport in Russia, it is one of the closest Asian airports to North America along the great circle route used by transpacific flights, and is therefore an ideal refueling stop for many heavy cargo flights between Asia and North America.
- The closest airport to New Chitose Airport (CTS) is Asahikawa Airport (AKJ), which is located 73 miles (117 kilometers) NNE of CTS.
- The furthest airport from New Chitose Airport (CTS) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is located 11,383 miles (18,319 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Facts about Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO):
- The closest airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) is Smith Reynolds Airport (INT), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) W of GSO.
- Greensboro and Guilford County jointly purchased the Friendship property from Paul C.
- FedEx Express opened the hub building at Piedmont Triad International Airport in June 2009.
- Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) has 3 runways.
- Allegiant Air began service to Orlando Sanford International Airport and St.
- Delta Connection carrier Comair built a maintenance hangar at PTI to perform work on their CRJ's in 2005, bringing nearly 60 mechanics to Greensboro.
- The furthest airport from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,574 miles (18,626 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Pitcairn Aviation, Incorporated was given the contract to fly the airmail route, the second official airmail route in the United States, and Pitcairn Aviation made the first delivery of airmail in North Carolina on May 1, 1928.
- Skybus Airlines began service to Port Columbus International Airport as well in May 2007.
- Because of Piedmont Triad International Airport's relatively low elevation of 926 feet, planes can take off or land at Piedmont Triad 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.