Nonstop flight route between Golmud, Qinghai, China and Yamagata, Honshū, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Golmud Airport (GOQ), Golmud, Qinghai, China and Yamagata Airport (GAJ), Yamagata, Honshū, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,480 miles (or 3,991 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 relatively short distance between Golmud Airport and Yamagata Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GOQ / ZLGM | 
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| Location: | Golmud, Qinghai, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°24'2"N by 94°47'9"E | 
| Area Served: | Golmud | 
| Elevation: | 9333 feet (2,845 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GOQ | 
| More Information: | GOQ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GAJ / RJSC | 
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| Location: | Yamagata, Honshū, Japan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°24'42"N by 140°22'15"E | 
| Area Served: | Yamagata | 
| Airport Type: | Military/Public | 
| Elevation: | 345 feet (105 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GAJ | 
| More Information: | GAJ Maps & Info | 
Facts about Golmud Airport (GOQ):
- In addition to being known as "Golmud Airport", other names for GOQ include "格尔木机场" and "Gé'ěrmù Jīchǎng".
 - Because of Golmud Airport's high elevation of 9,333 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GOQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GOQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 - The closest airport to Golmud Airport (GOQ) is Dunhuang Airport (DNH), which is located 260 miles (418 kilometers) N of GOQ.
 - The furthest airport from Golmud Airport (GOQ) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,763 miles (18,930 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
 - Golmud Airport (GOQ) currently has only 1 runway.
 
Facts about Yamagata Airport (GAJ):
- Yamagata Airport (GAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
 - In addition to being known as "Yamagata Airport", another name for GAJ is "山形空港".
 - Because of Yamagata Airport's relatively low elevation of 345 feet, planes can take off or land at Yamagata 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 Yamagata Airport (GAJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,606 miles (18,679 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
 - The closest airport to Yamagata Airport (GAJ) is Sendai Airport (SDJ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) ESE of GAJ.
 - Kamiyama Training Airfield was opened by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.
 
