Nonstop flight route between Morioka, Honshū, Japan and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hanamaki Airport (HNA), Morioka, Honshū, Japan and Lakefront Airport (NEW), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,620 miles (or 10,654 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 Hanamaki Airport and Lakefront 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 Hanamaki Airport and Lakefront Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HNA / RJSI | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Morioka, Honshū, Japan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°25'42"N by 141°8'7"E | 
| Area Served: | Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan | 
| Operator/Owner: | Iwate Prefecture | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from HNA | 
| More Information: | HNA Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NEW / KNEW | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°2'33"N by 90°1'41"W | 
| Area Served: | New Orleans, Louisiana | 
| Operator/Owner: | Orleans Levee District | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 3 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from NEW | 
| More Information: | NEW Maps & Info | 
Facts about Hanamaki Airport (HNA):
- The closest airport to Hanamaki Airport (HNA) is Akita Airport (AXT), which is located 51 miles (81 kilometers) WNW of HNA.
- In addition to being known as "Hanamaki Airport", other names for HNA include "花巻空港" and "Hanamaki Kūkō".
- The furthest airport from Hanamaki Airport (HNA) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,536 miles (18,566 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- Hanamaki Airport (HNA) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Lakefront Airport (NEW):
- Lakefront Airport (NEW) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Lakefront Airport (NEW) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,127 miles (17,908 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The closest airport to Lakefront Airport (NEW) is Southern Seaplane Airport (BCS), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) S of NEW.
- Post-Katrina reconstruction at the airport has included restoration of the main terminal building's original Art Deco facade.
- At the start of the 1960s, thick concrete panels were added to the main terminal building to turn it into a Cold War era bomb shelter.
- On January 23, 2010 a United States Navy Beechcraft T-34 Mentor training aircraft crashed into Lake Ponchartrain just over one mile from the approach end of the airport.
- Because of Lakefront Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Lakefront 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 "Lakefront Airport", another name for NEW is "(former New Orleans Army Air Base)".




