Nonstop flight route between Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan and Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hiroshima Airport (HIJ), Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan and Ruben Berta International Airport (URG), Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,772 miles (or 18,945 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 Ruben Berta 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 Ruben Berta 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: | URG / SBUG |
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| Location: | Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°46'54"S by 57°2'17"W |
| Area Served: | Uruguaiana |
| Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 256 feet (78 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from URG |
| More Information: | URG Maps & Info |
Facts about Hiroshima Airport (HIJ):
- 80% of the airport's domestic traffic is to and from Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
- The closest airport to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) is Matsuyama Airport (MYJ), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SSW of HIJ.
- 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.
- Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Hiroshima Airport", other names for HIJ include "広島空港" and "Hiroshima Kūkō".
Facts about Ruben Berta International Airport (URG):
- In addition to being known as "Ruben Berta International Airport", another name for URG is "Aeroporto Internacional Ruben Berta".
- Ruben Berta International Airport (URG) has 2 runways.
- The airport was inaugurated in 1945 and the terminal building in 1968.
- Because of Ruben Berta International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Ruben Berta International 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.
- Ruben Berta International Airport handled 3,122 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Ruben Berta International Airport (URG) is Paso de los Libres Airport (AOL), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NW of URG.
- The furthest airport from Ruben Berta International Airport (URG) is Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), which is nearly antipodal to Ruben Berta International Airport (meaning Ruben Berta International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
