Nonstop flight route between Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and Mokpo, South Korea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and Mokpo Airport (MPK), Mokpo, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,657 miles (or 12,323 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 O. R. Tambo International Airport and Mokpo 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 O. R. Tambo International Airport and Mokpo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB):

• O. R. Tambo International Airport handled 18,794,897 passengers last year.
• The Central Terminal Building will boost capacity at the landside of the terminal in 3 levels, also allowing direct access from international and domestic terminals.
• Because of O. R. Tambo International Airport's high elevation of 5,558 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JNB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JNB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) has 2 runways.
• A second terminal between the two runways has also been mooted, which is proposed for completion by 2012.
• In addition to being known as "O. R. Tambo International Airport", another name for JNB is "Johannesburg International Airport".
• In late 2005, a name change was proposed for the airport to "O.
• It was used as a test airport for the Concorde during the 1970s, to determine how the aircraft would perform while taking off and landing at high altitude.
• The closest airport to O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Rand Airport (QRA), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of JNB.
• The furthest airport from O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,979 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.

Facts about Mokpo Airport (MPK):

• The furthest airport from Mokpo Airport (MPK) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Mokpo Airport (meaning Mokpo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,353 miles (19,880 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• Because of Mokpo Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Mokpo 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.
• Mokpo Airport was an airport in Mokpo, South Korea.
• Problems associated with this airport include a narrow runway as well as frequent misty weather.
• The closest airport to Mokpo Airport (MPK) is Gwangju Airport (KWJ), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) NE of MPK.
• Mokpo Airport (MPK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Mokpo Airport", another name for MPK is "목포공항".