Nonstop flight route between Fort Stockton, Texas, United States and Natori, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST), Fort Stockton, Texas, United States and Sendai Airport (SDJ), Natori, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,140 miles (or 9,882 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 Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport and Sendai 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 Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport and Sendai Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FST / KFST |
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Location: | Fort Stockton, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°54'54"N by 102°54'46"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3011 feet (918 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from FST |
More Information: | FST Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SDJ / RJSS |
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Location: | Natori, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°8'22"N by 140°55'0"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SDJ |
More Information: | SDJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST):
- Airline flights ended in 1960.
- Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST) has 4 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport", another name for FST is "Gibbs Army Airfield".
- The furthest airport from Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,286 miles (18,163 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Opened on 1 June 1942 with two 2,500' turf runways.
- The closest airport to Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport (FST) is Pecos Municipal Airport (PEQ), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) NW of FST.
Facts about Sendai Airport (SDJ):
- Sendai Airport (SDJ) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Sendai Airport (SDJ) is Yamagata Airport (GAJ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WNW of SDJ.
- Because of Sendai Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Sendai 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 Sendai Airport (SDJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,588 miles (18,650 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- The airport has 8 Jet bridges to handle aircraft coming and leaving the airport.
- In addition to being known as "Sendai Airport", other names for SDJ include "仙台空港" and "Sendai Kūkō".
- The Sendai Airport Line rail link was completed on 18 March 2007 and began service between Sendai Station and Sendai Airport Station.
- Because of the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami, all scheduled service were suspended from 11 March 2011 until 13 April 2011.