Nonstop flight route between Juiz de Fora, Brazil and Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA), Juiz de Fora, Brazil and Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,975 miles (or 19,271 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 Presidente Itamar Franco Airport and Minami-Daito 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 Presidente Itamar Franco Airport and Minami-Daito Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA):

• Presidente Itamar Franco Airport, formerly and still commonly called Zona da Mata Regional Airport, is an airport serving Juiz de Fora, and the region of Zona da Mata, Brazil, located in the municipality of Goianá.
• The furthest airport from Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (meaning Presidente Itamar Franco Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,073 miles (19,429 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• The airport is located 35 km from downtown Juiz de Fora, 64 km from downtown Ubá, and 75 km from downtown Cataguases.
• Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Presidente Itamar Franco Airport", another name for IZA is "Aeroporto Presidente Itamar Franco".
• The closest airport to Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA) is Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) SW of IZA.

Facts about Minami-Daito Airport (MMD):

• In addition to being known as "Minami-Daito Airport", other names for MMD include "南大東空港" and "Minamidaitō Kūkō".
• Minamidaito Airport ) is an airport in Minamidaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
• The airport was relocated to its present location and upgraded to accommodate larger flights in July 1997 with the present 1500 meter runway.
• The original Minamidaito Airport began as an air base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1934.
• Because of Minami-Daito Airport's relatively low elevation of 159 feet, planes can take off or land at Minami-Daito 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.
• The closest airport to Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) is Kitadaito Airport (KTD), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNE of MMD.
• The furthest airport from Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) is Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), which is nearly antipodal to Minami-Daito Airport (meaning Minami-Daito Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) currently has only 1 runway.