Nonstop flight route between Hachinohe, Honshū, Japan and Juiz de Fora, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE), Hachinohe, Honshū, Japan and Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA), Juiz de Fora, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,094 miles (or 17,853 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 JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base and Presidente Itamar Franco 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 JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base and Presidente Itamar Franco Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE):

• The furthest airport from JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,480 miles (18,476 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base", other names for HHE include "八戸航空基地" and "Hachinohe Koku-kichi".
• The closest airport to JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE) is Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNW of HHE.
• Because of JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base's relatively low elevation of 152 feet, planes can take off or land at JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base 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.
• With the start of the Korean War in 1950, the base was turned over to the Japanese National Police Reserve, the immediate predecessor to the Japan Defense Agency.
• JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base is currently the headquarters of the JMSDF Fleet Air Wing 2, which is equipped with Kawasaki-Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, and which is responsible for patrols of the seaward approaches to northern Japan.
• JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA):

• The furthest airport from Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (meaning Presidente Itamar Franco Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,073 miles (19,429 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• It is operated by Multiterminais Alfandegados do Brasil.
• In addition to being known as "Presidente Itamar Franco Airport", another name for IZA is "Aeroporto Presidente Itamar Franco".
• Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA) is Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) SW of IZA.
• The airport is located 35 km from downtown Juiz de Fora, 64 km from downtown Ubá, and 75 km from downtown Cataguases.
• Presidente Itamar Franco Airport, formerly and still commonly called Zona da Mata Regional Airport, is an airport serving Juiz de Fora, and the region of Zona da Mata, Brazil, located in the municipality of Goianá.
• In March 2011 Infraero ceased to administrate the airport and Multiterminais Alfandegados do Brasil became the new administrator.