Nonstop flight route between Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan and Silver City, New Mexico, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan and Grant County Airport (SVC), Silver City, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,384 miles (or 10,275 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 Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 and Grant County 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 Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 and Grant County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IWO / RJAW |
Airport Name: | Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 |
Location: | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°47'4"N by 141°19'27"E |
View all routes: | Routes from IWO |
More Information: | IWO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SVC / KSVC |
Airport Name: | Grant County Airport |
Location: | Silver City, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°38'12"N by 108°9'23"W |
Area Served: | Silver City, New Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | Grant County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5446 feet (1,660 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from SVC |
More Information: | SVC Maps & Info |
Facts about Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO):
- Central Field stayed in American hands until being turned over to the Japanese Government on 27 June 1968.
- The closest airport to Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO) is Hachijojima Airport (HAC), which is located 583 miles (938 kilometers) N of IWO.
- A third Japanese airfield 24°47′37″N 141°19′29″E / 24.79361°N 141.32472°E / 24.79361.
- At any given time about 350 JSDF personnel are posted to Iwo Jima and though the airfield is strictly for military use, commercial flights carrying Veterans are frequent visitors.
- United States Marines landed on Iwo Jima February 19, 1945.
- The furthest airport from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO) is Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB), which is nearly antipodal to Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (meaning Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cabo Frio International Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Facts about Grant County Airport (SVC):
- Grant County Airport (SVC) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Grant County Airport (SVC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,404 miles (18,353 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Grant County Airport (SVC) is Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) SE of SVC.
- Because of Grant County Airport's high elevation of 5,446 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SVC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SVC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.