Nonstop flight route between Sacheon, South Korea and Sugar Land, Texas (near Houston), United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sacheon Airport (HIN), Sacheon, South Korea and Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR), Sugar Land, Texas (near Houston), United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,137 miles (or 11,485 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 Sugar Land Regional 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 Sugar Land Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Sacheon Airport (HIN):

• Sacheon Airport (HIN) has 2 runways.
• On 13 November 2003 a KAI KT-1 crashed shortly after takeoff from the base, the instructor ekjected safely while the trainee was killed.
• Sacheon Airport handled 169,120 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Sacheon Airport (HIN) is Gimhae International Airport (PUS), which is located 49 miles (80 kilometers) E of HIN.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Sacheon Airport", other names for HIN include "사천공항 泗川空港", "Sacheon Gonghang" and "Sach'ŏn Konghang".
• During the Korean War the USAF designated the base K-4.

Facts about Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR):

• Donald Hull, an oral surgeon that established a dental program for the Texas Department of Corrections in the early 1950s.
• Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Topographical map of the airport, the Central Prison Farm, and the Jester Prison Farm, Jester III, and Jester IV), July 1, 1990, U.S.
• Because of Sugar Land Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Sugar Land Regional 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 Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,990 miles (17,687 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR) is Andrau Airpark (AAP), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NE of SGR.