Nonstop flight route between Williston, North Dakota, United States and Natori, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sloulin Field International Airport (ISN), Williston, North Dakota, United States and Sendai Airport (SDJ), Natori, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,280 miles (or 8,497 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 Sloulin Field International Airport and Sendai 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 Sloulin Field International Airport and Sendai Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sloulin Field International Airport (ISN):

• The closest airport to Sloulin Field International Airport (ISN) is Sidney-Richland Municipal Airport (SDY), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) SW of ISN.
• Sloulin Field International Airport is a public use airport serving Williston, a city in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.
• The furthest airport from Sloulin Field International Airport (ISN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,343 miles (16,646 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Sloulin Field International Airport covers an area of 740 acres at an elevation of 1,982 feet above mean sea level.
• Sloulin Field International Airport (ISN) has 2 runways.

Facts about Sendai Airport (SDJ):

• The closest airport to Sendai Airport (SDJ) is Yamagata Airport (GAJ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WNW of SDJ.
• To reopen the airport, on 16 March 2011 a team from the United States Air Force's 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base parachuted into Matsushima, Miyagi, then moved overland to the airport.
• To the south side of the airport are the facilities for small private aircraft, helipads and aircraft hangars.
• In addition to being known as "Sendai Airport", other names for SDJ include "仙台空港" and "Sendai Kūkō".
• Although most international services from Sendai came back online following the 2011 disaster, most services between Sendai and China were suspended or cancelled between 2012 and 2013 due to worsened Sino-Japanese relations.
• Sendai Airport (SDJ) has 2 runways.
• On 11 March 2011, the airport was first damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and then badly flooded by the subsequent tsunami.
• In 1992, Runway B was extended further to 2,500 metres and 5 years later, in 1997, a new terminal was opened.
• The furthest airport from Sendai Airport (SDJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,588 miles (18,650 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Because of Sendai Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Sendai 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.