Nonstop flight route between Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States and Nagasaki, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Davison Army Airfield (DAA), Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States and Nagasaki Airport (NGS), Nagasaki, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,191 miles (or 11,573 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 Davison Army Airfield and Nagasaki 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 Davison Army Airfield and Nagasaki Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Davison Army Airfield (DAA):

• The airfield provided support for Army One from 1957 to 1976 for presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John F.
• The furthest airport from Davison Army Airfield (DAA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,678 miles (18,794 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Davison Army Airfield (DAA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Davison Army Airfield (DAA) is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) NE of DAA.
• Because of Davison Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 73 feet, planes can take off or land at Davison Army Airfield 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.

Facts about Nagasaki Airport (NGS):

• Nagasaki Airport (NGS) has 2 runways.
• The mainland portion of the airport opened as a military aerodrome in 1923, and commenced civilian joint use as Omura Airport in 1955.
• The furthest airport from Nagasaki Airport (NGS) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Nagasaki Airport (meaning Nagasaki Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,303 miles (19,799 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Nagasaki Airport", other names for NGS include "長崎空港" and "Nagasaki Kūkō".
• Because of Nagasaki Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Nagasaki 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 Nagasaki Airport (NGS) is Saga Airport (HSG), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NE of NGS.
• The airport terminal and runway 14/32 are on an island, and the shorter runway 18/36 is on the mainland.
• The current island runway and terminal opened on May 1, 1975.