Nonstop flight route between Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Anchorage, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Merrill Field (MRI), Anchorage, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,013 miles (or 11,286 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 Merrill Field, 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 Merrill Field. 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):

• It is in the Sleman Regency, in the Yogyakarta Special Region, on the northeast outskirts of the city, near the Prambanan historic temple site.
• Adisucipto International Airport (JOG) has 2 runways.
• Adisucipto International Airport is one of the busiest in the Java–Bali region.
• In addition to being known as "Adisucipto International Airport", other names for JOG include "Bandar Udara International Adisucipto" and "WARJ (prev: WIIJ)".
• 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.
• Beside those accidents, there are some other minor incidents mainly because of landing in rain but without any casualties.
• 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.
• 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 airport was closed for several days due to the 2010 Mount Merapi eruption as the volcanic ash could endanger the safety of flights.
• In April 2008 AirAsia raised the frequency of its Yogyakarta–Kuala Lumpur flights from four times weekly to daily.

Facts about Merrill Field (MRI):

• Merrill Field (MRI) has 3 runways.
• Merrill Field is a public-use general aviation airport located one mile east of downtown Anchorage in the U.S.
• The furthest airport from Merrill Field (MRI) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,545 miles (16,970 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• For 12-month period ending August 5, 2004, the airport had 191,550 aircraft operations, an average of 524 per day, 100% of which were general aviation.
• Because of Merrill Field's relatively low elevation of 137 feet, planes can take off or land at Merrill Field 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 Merrill Field (MRI) is Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NNE of MRI.