Nonstop flight route between Dorado, Puerto Rico and Nagoya, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dorado Airport (DDP), Dorado, Puerto Rico and Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO), Nagoya, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,453 miles (or 13,603 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 Dorado Airport and Chūbu Centrair 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 Dorado Airport and Chūbu Centrair International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dorado Airport (DDP):

• Dorado Airport (DDP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Dorado Airport (DDP) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Dorado Airport (meaning Dorado Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,237 miles (19,694 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• During the early 1980s, Dorado was served by Dorado Wings, a small airline that operated commuter flights between Dorado Airport and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan.
• The closest airport to Dorado Airport (DDP) is Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of DDP.

Facts about Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO):

• Some 11,721,673 people used the airport in 2006, ranking 8th busiest in the nation.
• The closest airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) is Nagoya Airfield (NKM), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of NGO.
• American Airlines operated a Nagoya-Chicago route for less than seven months in 2005, but said the service was "not as profitable as we had hoped."
• Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2009, Emirates and Hong Kong Express Airways withdrew from the airport.
• Because of Chūbu Centrair International Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Chūbu Centrair 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 "Chūbu Centrair International Airport", other names for NGO include "中部国際空港" and "Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō".
• The furthest airport from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,886 miles (19,128 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• The northern side of the terminal holds domestic flights, while the southern side holds international flights, each with dedicated ticket counters, security checkpoints and baggage carousels, and for international flights, immigration and customs facilities.
• The main terminal is shaped like a "T," with three piers radiating from a central ticketing area.
• There is a duty-free area in the international departure area on the 3rd floor as well.
• Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chūbu region of Japan.