Nonstop flight route between Itami (near Osaka), Japan and Garachiné, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Osaka International Airport (ITM), Itami (near Osaka), Japan and Garachiné Airport (GHE), Garachiné, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,744 miles (or 14,073 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 Osaka International Airport and Garachiné 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 Osaka International Airport and Garachiné Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Osaka International Airport (ITM):

• In May 2011, the Diet of Japan passed legislation to form a new Kansai International Airport Corporation using the state's existing equity stake in Kansai Airport and its property holdings at Itami Airport.
• Itami is currently limited to domestic flights, and can only handle 18 landings per hour and 370 landings per day.
• While Japan's economy was growing rapidly, the area around Itami Airport became an increasingly dense residential area for commuters to Osaka.
• In addition to being known as "Osaka International Airport", other names for ITM include "Itami International Airport", "大阪国際空港" and "Ōsaka Kokusai Kūkō".
• 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.
• Itami Airport opened as No.
• Itami was renamed Osaka Airport following its return to Japanese control in March 1959.
• The furthest airport from Osaka International Airport (ITM) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,960 miles (19,248 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• 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.
• Construction began in July 1936 on a 53 ha site.
• Osaka International Airport (ITM) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Osaka International Airport (ITM) is Osaka International Airport (OSA), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of ITM.

Facts about Garachiné Airport (GHE):

• The closest airport to Garachiné Airport (GHE) is Contadora Airport (OTD), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) NW of GHE.
• The furthest airport from Garachiné Airport (GHE) is Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS), which is nearly antipodal to Garachiné Airport (meaning Garachiné Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fatmawati Soekarno Airport), and is located 12,142 miles (19,541 kilometers) away in Bengkulu, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Garachiné Airport", another name for GHE is "Aeropuerto de Garachiné".
• Garachiné Airport (GHE) currently has only 1 runway.