Nonstop flight route between Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Jackson, Tennessee, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), Yogyakarta, Indonesia and McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL), Jackson, Tennessee, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,159 miles (or 16,349 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 Adisucipto International Airport and McKellar-Sipes Regional 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 Adisucipto International Airport and McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Adisucipto International Airport (JOG):

• Because of Adisucipto International Airport's relatively low elevation of 350 feet, planes can take off or land at Adisucipto 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.
• Trans Jogja, a bus rapid transit of Yogyakarta opened several routes passing through the Adisucipto Airport which connects passengers to destinations around Yogyakarta, along with other Trans Jogja routes.
• There are plans to lengthen the runway by 300 metres to the east.
• The airport was closed for several days due to the 2010 Mount Merapi eruption as the volcanic ash could endanger the safety of flights.
• Adisucipto International Airport (JOG) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Adisucipto International Airport (JOG) is Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) (SRG), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) N of JOG.
• The furthest airport from Adisucipto International Airport (JOG) is Elorza Airport (EOZ), which is nearly antipodal to Adisucipto International Airport (meaning Adisucipto International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Elorza Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,934 kilometers) away in Elorza, Venezuela.
• Adisucipto is being redeveloped to cope with the increasing number of passengers.
• In addition to being known as "Adisucipto International Airport", other names for JOG include "Bandar Udara International Adisucipto" and "WARJ (prev: WIIJ)".

Facts about McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL):

• The closest airport to McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL) is Roscoe Turner Airport (CRX), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) SSE of MKL.
• McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,072 miles (17,819 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport opened in 1942 as McKellar Field and was assigned to the United States Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center as a primary pilot training airfield.
• McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport is a public use airport located four nautical miles west of the central business district of Jackson, a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States.
• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 134 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,502 in 2009, and 2,545 in 2010.
• Because of McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 434 feet, planes can take off or land at McKellar-Sipes Regional 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.
• Major Sipes was killed in action during the Vietnam War but he was killed when his F-101 Voodoo crashed after takeoff from RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England.