Nonstop flight route between Yoshkar-Ola, Russia and Anchorage, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yoshkar-Ola Airport (JOK), Yoshkar-Ola, Russia and Merrill Field (MRI), Anchorage, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,233 miles (or 6,812 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 Yoshkar-Ola 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 Yoshkar-Ola 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 Yoshkar-Ola Airport (JOK):

• The furthest airport from Yoshkar-Ola Airport (JOK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,332 miles (16,627 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Yoshkar-Ola Airport (JOK) is Cheboksary Airport (CSY), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) SSW of JOK.
• Yoshkar-Ola Airport (JOK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Yoshkar-Ola Airport", other names for JOK include "Йошкар-Ола Аэропорт", "Якшар-Хала Аэропорт" and "Аэропорт Йошкар-Ола".
• Because of Yoshkar-Ola Airport's relatively low elevation of 348 feet, planes can take off or land at Yoshkar-Ola 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.

Facts about Merrill Field (MRI):

• 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.
• 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.
• Merrill Field (MRI) has 3 runways.
• Merrill Field, located on the east end of 5th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, was the only airport serving Anchorage until 1951 when the introduction of ever larger and faster commercial aircraft required that an airfield with longer and heavier runways be built.
• A section of the airport is built over the closed Merrill Field Land Fill.
• The closest airport to Merrill Field (MRI) is Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NNE of MRI.
• The airstrip is still in use today as the primary field for private wheel equipped aircraft in the warmer months and for ski equipped in the winter.