Nonstop flight route between Durazno, Durazno, Uruguay and Fukuoka, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Bernardina International Airport (DZO), Durazno, Durazno, Uruguay and Fukuoka Airport (FUK), Fukuoka, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,036 miles (or 19,370 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 Santa Bernardina International Airport and Fukuoka 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 Santa Bernardina International Airport and Fukuoka Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between DZO and FUK makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Santa Bernardina International Airport and Fukuoka Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between DZO and FUK are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Durazno, Durazno, Uruguay and Fukuoka, Japan by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between DZO and FUK!

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Facts about Santa Bernardina International Airport (DZO):

• Santa Bernardina International Airport (DZO) has 2 runways.
• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Bernardina International Airport", another name for DZO is "Aeropuerto Internacional Santa Bernardina".
• The closest airport to Santa Bernardina International Airport (DZO) is Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR), which is located 105 miles (169 kilometers) SW of DZO.
• Because of Santa Bernardina International Airport's relatively low elevation of 305 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Bernardina 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.
• The furthest airport from Santa Bernardina International Airport (DZO) is Jeju International Airport (CJU), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Bernardina International Airport (meaning Santa Bernardina International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jeju International Airport), and is located 12,264 miles (19,737 kilometers) away in Jeju, South Korea.

Facts about Fukuoka Airport (FUK):

• The furthest airport from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Fukuoka Airport (meaning Fukuoka Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,253 miles (19,719 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) is Saga Airport (HSG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SSW of FUK.
• Fukuoka Airport (FUK) currently has only 1 runway.
• After the 1953 Armistice in Korea, the wartime combat units were slowly withdrawn back to the United States or reassigned to other airfields in Japan and South Korea.
• On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, starting a war that would last three years.
• The airport was built in 1943 by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force as Mushiroda Airfield.
• Because of Fukuoka Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Fukuoka 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 "Fukuoka Airport", other names for FUK include "福岡空港" and "Fukuoka KūkōItazuke Air Base".
• The first American units moved into the facility in November 1945, when the 38th Bombardment Group stationed B-25 Mitchells on the airfield.
• As of July 2013, the Japanese government is considering building a second 2,800 m parallel runway within the existing airfield at a cost of 180 billion yen, two-thirds of which would be borne by the national government and the remaining third of which would be borne by the local government, but which would be defrayed by selling the rights to operate the airport to a private company.