Nonstop flight route between Kenai, Alaska, United States and Cheong ju, South Korea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kenai Municipal Airport (ENA), Kenai, Alaska, United States and Cheongju International Airport (CJJ), Cheong ju, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,766 miles (or 6,061 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 Kenai Municipal Airport and Cheongju 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 Kenai Municipal Airport and Cheongju 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 Kenai Municipal Airport (ENA):

• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 96,565 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 82,277 enplanements in 2009, and 86,857 in 2010.
• Because of Kenai Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Kenai Municipal 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 Kenai Municipal Airport (ENA) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,594 miles (17,050 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Kenai Municipal Airport (ENA) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Kenai Municipal Airport (ENA) is Soldotna Airport (SXQ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) SE of ENA.

Facts about Cheongju International Airport (CJJ):

• Cheongju International Airport handled 1,032,484 passengers last year.
• Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Cheongju International Airport", other names for CJJ include "청주국제공항 淸州國際空港", "Cheongju Gukje Gonghang" and "Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang".
• The furthest airport from Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Cheongju International Airport (meaning Cheongju International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,243 miles (19,703 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• The closest airport to Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) is Yecheon Air Base (YEC), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) E of CJJ.
• Because of Cheongju International Airport's relatively low elevation of 191 feet, planes can take off or land at Cheongju 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.