Nonstop flight route between Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ishigaki Airport (ISG), Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport (VER), Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,386 miles (or 13,495 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 Ishigaki Airport and General Heriberto Jara Corona 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 Ishigaki Airport and General Heriberto Jara Corona 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 Ishigaki Airport (ISG):

• The closest airport to Ishigaki Airport (ISG) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SW of ISG.
• The airport served about 1.8 million passengers a year, making it the second busiest third-class airport in Japan, behind Kobe Airport, and traffic grew steadily as the Yaeyama Islands become a popular tourist destination.
• The new airport has a 2,000 m runway, expandable to 2,500 m.
• Ishigaki Airport, was a third-class airport located 1 NM from Ishigaki city centre in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
• In addition to being known as "Ishigaki Airport", other names for ISG include "石垣空港" and "Ishigaki Kūkō".
• The furthest airport from Ishigaki Airport (ISG) is Guaraní International Airport (AGT), which is nearly antipodal to Ishigaki Airport (meaning Ishigaki Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guaraní International Airport), and is located 12,339 miles (19,858 kilometers) away in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
• Because of Ishigaki Airport's relatively low elevation of 86 feet, planes can take off or land at Ishigaki 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.
• None of the 138 passengers and crew were killed in the accident, but 67 were injured.
• Ishigaki Airport (ISG) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport (VER):

• General Heriberto Jara International Airport or Veracruz International Airport is an international airport located at Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico.
• The furthest airport from General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport (VER) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,447 miles (18,422 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Because of General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport's relatively low elevation of 90 feet, planes can take off or land at General Heriberto Jara Corona 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 "General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport", another name for VER is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Heriberto Jara".
• On 2 April 1981, Douglas C-47A N258M of Sky Train Air was written off in an accident while taxiing.
• The closest airport to General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport (VER) is El Lencero Airport (JAL), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) WNW of VER.
• General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport (VER) has 2 runways.