Nonstop flight route between Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom and Osaka, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Anglesey Airport (HLY), Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom and Osaka International Airport (OSA), Osaka, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,898 miles (or 9,492 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 Anglesey Airport and Osaka 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 Anglesey Airport and Osaka International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Anglesey Airport (HLY):

• Anglesey Airport (HLY) has 3 runways.
• Anglesey Airport is an airport owned by the Isle of Anglesey County Council on land leased from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
• The closest airport to Anglesey Airport (HLY) is Isle of Man Airport (IOM), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) N of HLY.
• For residents of Anglesey, the air service is significantly quicker than surface transport.
• In addition to being known as "Anglesey Airport", other names for HLY include "Maes Awyr Môn", "RAF Valley" and "VLY".
• The furthest airport from Anglesey Airport (HLY) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,891 miles (19,136 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Anglesey Airport's relatively low elevation of 37 feet, planes can take off or land at Anglesey 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.

Facts about Osaka International Airport (OSA):

• Because of Osaka International Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Osaka 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.
• In addition to being known as "Osaka International Airport", other names for OSA include "Itami International Airport", "大阪国際空港", "Ōsaka Kokusai Kūkō", "ITM" and "RJOO".
• The closest airport to Osaka International Airport (OSA) is Osaka International Airport (ITM), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of OSA.
• New Kansai International Airport Corporation, which owns both Itami Airport and Kansai Airport, plans to sell operating concessions for both airports during fiscal year 2014 in order to repay Kansai Airport's outstanding debt burden of 1.2 trillion yen.
• The furthest airport from Osaka International Airport (OSA) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,960 miles (19,248 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Jet flights at Itami began on June 1, 1964, and triggered complaints by neighboring residents about noise pollution.
• The airport is often called Itami Airport because most of its land is located in Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture.
• In February 1974, the Osaka District Court issued a qualified ruling in favor of the plaintiffs which limited the scope of their damages.
• Osaka International Airport (OSA) has 2 runways.
• In May 1968, a group of local citizens decided to sue the government for damages related to noise pollution from Itami Airport.
• There were originally plans to close Itami Airport following the opening of Kansai, but nearby communities opposed such a move for economic reasons, so Itami was retained as a domestic-only airport after Kansai opened in 1994.