Nonstop flight route between Hachinohe, Honshū, Japan and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE), Hachinohe, Honshū, Japan and Lancaster Airport (LNS), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,378 miles (or 10,265 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster 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.
• 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.
• 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".
• 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.
• 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.
• JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base is a military aerodrome of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
• JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.

Facts about Lancaster Airport (LNS):

• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,673 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 4,333 in 2009, and 6,410 in 2010.
• The closest airport to Lancaster Airport (LNS) is Chester County G. O. Carlson Airport (CTH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) ESE of LNS.
• Lancaster Airport (LNS) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Lancaster Airport (LNS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,677 miles (18,793 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Lancaster Airport covers an area of 850 acres at an elevation of 403 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Lancaster Airport's relatively low elevation of 403 feet, planes can take off or land at Lancaster 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.