Nonstop flight route between Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and Juanjuí, Peru:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA), Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and Juanjuí Airport (JJI), Juanjuí, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,351 miles (or 16,659 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 Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō and Juanjuí 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 Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō and Juanjuí Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA):

• Kadena Air Base's history dates back to just before the 1 April 1945, Battle of Okinawa, when a local construction firm completed a small airfield named Yara Hikojo near the island's village of Kadena.
• In addition to being known as "Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō", another name for DNA is "Kadena AFB".
• The furthest airport from Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is nearly antipodal to Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (meaning Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Paulo Abdala Airport), and is located 12,381 miles (19,926 kilometers) away in Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil.
• Upon its reassignment to the Pacific Theater, Eighth Air Force was assigned to the U.S.
• The closest airport to Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SW of DNA.
• Twentieth Air Force became the command and control organization for Kadena on 16 May 1949.
• Since November 1954, the 18th Wing under various designations has been the main United States Air Force operational unit at Kadena.
• The 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing was reassigned to Kadena from Osan-ni AB, South Korea on 1 November 1954, flying three squadrons of North American F-86 Sabres.
• The McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II replaced the RF-101 in the reconnaissance role in 1967.

Facts about Juanjuí Airport (JJI):

• The furthest airport from Juanjuí Airport (JJI) is Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR), which is nearly antipodal to Juanjuí Airport (meaning Juanjuí Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Ismail Petra Airport), and is located 12,340 miles (19,860 kilometers) away in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
• In addition to being known as "Juanjuí Airport", another name for JJI is "Aeropuerto de Juanjuí".
• Juanjuí Airport (JJI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Juanjuí Airport (JJI) is Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS), which is located 98 miles (157 kilometers) NNE of JJI.