Nonstop flight route between Sacheon, South Korea and Aurora, Illinois, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sacheon Airport (HIN), Sacheon, South Korea and Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport (AUZ), Aurora, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,644 miles (or 10,693 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 Sacheon Airport and Chicago/Aurora Municipal 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 Sacheon Airport and Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HIN / RKPS |
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Location: | Sacheon, South Korea |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°5'18"N by 128°4'13"E |
Area Served: | Sacheon, Jinju |
Operator/Owner: | Korean Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce |
Airport Type: | Public domestic / Military airfield |
Elevation: | 25 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HIN |
More Information: | HIN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AUZ / KARR |
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Location: | Aurora, Illinois, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°46'18"N by 88°28'32"W |
Area Served: | Chicago / Aurora |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 712 feet (217 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from AUZ |
More Information: | AUZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Sacheon Airport (HIN):
- In addition to being known as "Sacheon Airport", other names for HIN include "사천공항 泗川空港", "Sacheon Gonghang" and "Sach'ŏn Konghang".
- The airport is also home to a Korea Aerospace Industries, which manufactures military aircraft, satellites and aircraft engines.
- Sacheon Airport (HIN) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Sacheon Airport (HIN) is Gimhae International Airport (PUS), which is located 49 miles (80 kilometers) E of HIN.
- Because of Sacheon Airport's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Sacheon 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.
- Sacheon Airport handled 169,120 passengers last year.
- Sacheon Airport is an airport in Sacheon, South Korea.
- The Republic of Korea Air Force operates from Sacheon using trainers and test aircraft at Jinju, which is home to the Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command since 1998.
- The ROKAF 10th Fighter Wing was formed at the base in 1951.
- The furthest airport from Sacheon Airport (HIN) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Sacheon Airport (meaning Sacheon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,257 miles (19,726 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
- Sacheon is a domestic airport with only two airlines serving to and from this airport.
Facts about Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport (AUZ):
- Current project planning calls for a parallel grass runway during fiscal years 2010-2012.
- Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport (AUZ) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport", another name for AUZ is "ARR".
- The closest airport to Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport (AUZ) is DuPage Airport (DPA), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of AUZ.
- Because of Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 712 feet, planes can take off or land at Chicago/Aurora Municipal 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 Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport (AUZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,047 miles (17,778 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- On June 13, 2011, the aircraft Liberty Belle, a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed in Oswego, Illinois after taking off from Aurora.