Nonstop flight route between Frankfurt, Germany and Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany and Kerama Airport (KJP), Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,977 miles (or 9,619 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 Frankfurt Airport and Kerama 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 Frankfurt Airport and Kerama Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRA / EDDF |
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Location: | Frankfurt, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°1'59"N by 8°34'14"E |
Area Served: | Frankfurt, Germany |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 364 feet (111 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from FRA |
More Information: | FRA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KJP / ROKR |
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Location: | Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°10'5"N by 127°17'35"E |
Area Served: | Kerama Islands, Japan |
Operator/Owner: | Okinawa Prefecture |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 156 feet (48 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KJP |
More Information: | KJP Maps & Info |
Facts about Frankfurt Airport (FRA):
- Frankfurt Airport is by far the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany, the third busiest in Europe after London Heathrow Airport and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and the 10th busiest worldwide in 2013.
- Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
- In 1990, work on a new terminal began because it was anticipated that Terminal Mitte would reach its capacity limit sooner than expected.
- The furthest airport from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,946 miles (19,225 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Frankfurt Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Frankfurt 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.
- Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of FRA.
- In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".
- Plans to build a fourth runway at Frankfurt Airport had been under-way since 1997 but due to the violent conflicts with the building of the third runway, Fraport let residents groups and environmentalists participate in the process to find an agreeable solution.
- After the beginning of World War II in 1939 all foreign airlines left the airport and control of air traffic was transferred to the Luftwaffe.
- Terminal 2, which has a capacity of 15 million passengers a year, was opened in 1994 and is divided into concourses D and E.
Facts about Kerama Airport (KJP):
- Kerama Airport (KJP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Kerama Airport (KJP) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is nearly antipodal to Kerama Airport (meaning Kerama Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Paulo Abdala Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,977 kilometers) away in Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Kerama Airport", other names for KJP include "慶良間空港" and "Kerama Kūkō".
- Because of Kerama Airport's relatively low elevation of 156 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerama 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 closest airport to Kerama Airport (KJP) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) E of KJP.