Nonstop flight route between Doncaster, England, United Kingdom and Osaka, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), Doncaster, England, United Kingdom and Kansai International Airport (KIX), Osaka, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,822 miles (or 9,370 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 Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield and Kansai 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 Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield and Kansai 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 Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA):

• EasyJet regularly uses the airport to operate training circuits for flight crew training, However there are no flights.
• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition, the airport lies alongside the Doncaster to Lincoln railway line, and plans for a station at Finningley to replace that closed in 1961 were granted planning permission in 2008.
• The furthest airport from Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,785 miles (18,966 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Aer Lingus then launched services to Dublin in 2010, using ATR72 aircraft which were operated by Aer Arann.
• Long haul flights to North America began in summer 2007, with Flyglobespan operating to Hamilton, Ontario, and Thomsonfly to Orlando, Cancún and Puerto Plata.
• By 2010 the Peel Group was attempting to secure outside investment for Peel Airports.
• In late 2010, Ryanair announced flights to Tenerife South and Faro airports although Faro was deleted for 2012 and the Alicante service dropped due to a dispute with Alicante Airport.
• Because of Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield 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 Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of DSA.
• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield handled 690,351 passengers last year.
• In early 2014, Linksair began new services to Belfast City and the Isle of Man.

Facts about Kansai International Airport (KIX):

• Since its formation, the new operating company has also made efforts toward international expansion, bidding for operating concessions at Yangon International Airport and Hanthawaddy International Airport in Myanmar.
• Kansai International Airport (KIX) has 2 runways.
• Because of Kansai International Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Kansai 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 "Kansai International Airport", other names for KIX include "関西国際空港" and "Kansai Kokusai Kūkō".
• The bidding and construction of the airport was a source of international trade friction during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
• It is colloquially known as Kankū in Japanese.
• On 19 April 2001, the airport was one of ten structures given the "Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium" award by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
• The furthest airport from Kansai International Airport (KIX) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,980 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Kansai International Airport (KIX) is Kobe Airport (UKB), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) N of KIX.
• A new terminal building opened in late 2012.