Nonstop flight route between Moscow, Russia and Yamagata, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME), Moscow, Russia and Shonai Airport (SYO), Yamagata, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,481 miles (or 7,212 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 Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Shonai 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 Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Shonai Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME):

• In addition to being known as "Moscow Domodedovo Airport", another name for DME is "Московский аэропорт Домодедово".
• The airport has several long and short term parking lots.
• Domodedovo Airport has been the focus of two terrorist-related incidents.
• Because of Moscow Domodedovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 588 feet, planes can take off or land at Moscow Domodedovo 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 airport is named after the town of Domodedovo, on the territory of which it is located.
• The closest airport to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) is Bykovo Airport (BKA), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NNE of DME.
• The furthest airport from Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,726 miles (17,262 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) has 3 runways.
• Services from Domodedovo began in March 1964 with a flight to Sverdlovsk using a Tupolev 104.
• East Line's strategic goal to stabilize the airport's future and to establish Domodedovo as an important international and multi-modal transportation hub was gradually achieved throughout the 2000s.

Facts about Shonai Airport (SYO):

• Shonai Airport (SYO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Shonai Airport (SYO) is Yamagata Airport (GAJ), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) SE of SYO.
• Because of Shonai Airport's relatively low elevation of 72 feet, planes can take off or land at Shonai 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 furthest airport from Shonai Airport (SYO) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,620 miles (18,701 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Shonai Airport", other names for SYO include "庄内空港" and "Shonai Kūkō".
• In December 2012, an ANA flight landing from Tokyo overran the runway at Shonai.