Nonstop flight route between Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shizuoka Airport (FSZ), Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan and Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport (LTQ), Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,976 miles (or 9,617 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 Shizuoka Airport and Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale 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 Shizuoka Airport and Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Shizuoka Airport (FSZ):

• In addition to being known as "Shizuoka Airport", other names for FSZ include "静岡空港" and "Shizuoka Kūkō".
• Because of Shizuoka Airport's relatively low elevation of 433 feet, planes can take off or land at Shizuoka 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 Shizuoka Airport (FSZ) is Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM), which is located 11,824 miles (19,029 kilometers) away in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• To allow for growth in air travel to Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, and the Mount Fuji area, and to fill the gap between Tokyo and Nagoya airports, Shizuoka Prefecture bought 190 hectares of land for Shizuoka Airport.
• The airport was originally scheduled to open in March 2009, but was delayed by the shortening of the runway from 2,500 m to 2,200 m, by the use of a displaced threshold that cannot be used for takeoff or landing, due to environmental and noise concerns.
• While the Tokaido Shinkansen line travels directly underneath the airport, there is no train station nor have any plans been made to build one.
• Shizuoka Airport (FSZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Shizuoka Airport (FSZ) is Nagoya Airfield (NKM), which is located 78 miles (126 kilometers) WNW of FSZ.

Facts about Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport (LTQ):

• The closest airport to Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport (LTQ) is Aerodrome Abbeville (XAB), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SSE of LTQ.
• Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport (LTQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale 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 Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport (LTQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,965 miles (19,256 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport", another name for LTQ is "Aéroport de Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale".
• Le Touquet airport is featured in the Microsoft Flight Simulator X mission Blind Across The Channel, in which the player flies a Cessna 172 from Manston Airport in Kent, UK on a foggy day using IFR.
• The passenger terminal is open from 09:00-20:00 hours.
• Le Touquet has been a very popular hot spot for UK pilots as one of their first landings on non-UK soil, which makes it a popular destination for fly-outs for flying clubs.