Nonstop flight route between Sugawa, Fukushima, Japan and Jijiga, Ethiopia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fukushima Airport (FKS), Sugawa, Fukushima, Japan and Wilwal International Airport (JIJ), Jijiga, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,237 miles (or 10,037 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 Fukushima Airport and Wilwal 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 Fukushima Airport and Wilwal International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FKS / RJSF |
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| Location: | Sugawa, Fukushima, Japan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°13'38"N by 140°25'41"E |
| Area Served: | Sukagawa, Fukushima, Japan |
| Operator/Owner: | Government |
| Airport Type: | Civil |
| Elevation: | 1220 feet (372 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FKS |
| More Information: | FKS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JIJ / HAJJ |
| Airport Name: | Wilwal International Airport |
| Location: | Jijiga, Ethiopia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°19'50"N by 42°54'39"E |
| Area Served: | Jijiga, Ethiopia |
| Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 5413 feet (1,650 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JIJ |
| More Information: | JIJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Fukushima Airport (FKS):
- The closest airport to Fukushima Airport (FKS) is Utsunomiya Air Field (QUT), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) SSW of FKS.
- Fukushima Airport (FKS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Fukushima Airport (FKS) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,639 miles (18,731 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- Fukushima Airport was conceived in the late 1970s, and planning at the prefectural level began in 1981.
- In addition to being known as "Fukushima Airport", other names for FKS include "福島空港" and "Fukushima Kūkō".
Facts about Wilwal International Airport (JIJ):
- By the 1990s, the Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport was one of 10 bases of the Ethiopian Air Force.
- The first airfield at Jijiga was constructed in 1929.
- The furthest airport from Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Wilwal International Airport (meaning Wilwal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,302 miles (19,799 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Wilwal International Airport's high elevation of 5,413 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JIJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JIJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) NNE of JIJ.
