Nonstop flight route between Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan and Geneva, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hiroshima Airport (HIJ), Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan and Geneva International Airport (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,954 miles (or 9,583 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 Hiroshima Airport and Geneva International 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 Hiroshima Airport and Geneva International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HIJ / RJOA | 
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| Location: | Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°26'9"N by 132°55'9"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Hiroshima Prefectural Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1086 feet (331 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from HIJ | 
| More Information: | HIJ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GVA / LSGG | 
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| Location: | Geneva, Switzerland | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 46°14'17"N by 6°6'33"E | 
| Area Served: | Geneva, Switzerland | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Geneva | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1411 feet (430 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GVA | 
| More Information: | GVA Maps & Info | 
Facts about Hiroshima Airport (HIJ):
- The closest airport to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) is Matsuyama Airport (MYJ), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SSW of HIJ.
 - Hiroshima Airport is an airport in the city of Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
 - The airport has no direct expressway connection but is located near the San'yō Expressway.
 - In addition to being known as "Hiroshima Airport", other names for HIJ include "広島空港" and "Hiroshima Kūkō".
 - 80% of the airport's domestic traffic is to and from Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
 - Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The furthest airport from Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Hiroshima Airport (meaning Hiroshima Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
 - Unusually among major Japanese airports, Hiroshima Airport has no railway station.
 
Facts about Geneva International Airport (GVA):
- The airport has a single concrete runway, which is the longest in Switzerland with a length of 3,900 m, and a smaller, parallel, grass runway for light aircraft.
 - Geneva International Airport (GVA) has 2 runways.
 - The closest airport to Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of GVA.
 - The furthest airport from Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Geneva International Airport (meaning Geneva International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,227 miles (19,678 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
 - The airport is 4 km from the Geneva city centre.
 - On May 7, 1968, Geneva Main Terminal was inaugurated, which was planned to accommodate 7 million passengers a year.
 - In addition to being known as "Geneva International Airport", another name for GVA is "Aéroport international de GenèveGenève aéroport".
 - Geneva International Airport handled 14,436,000 passengers last year.
 
