Nonstop flight route between Jyväskylä, Finland and Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jyväskylä Airport (JYV), Jyväskylä, Finland and Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,292 miles (or 8,517 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 Jyväskylä Airport and Oakland International 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 Jyväskylä Airport and Oakland International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jyväskylä Airport (JYV):

• In addition to being known as "Jyväskylä Airport", another name for JYV is "Jyväskylän lentoasema".
• Jyväskylä Airport (JYV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jyväskylä Airport (JYV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,875 miles (17,502 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On August 2, 2010, Finncomm Airlines announced it will stop its service between Helsinki and Jyväskylä on August 16, 2010.
• The closest airport to Jyväskylä Airport (JYV) is Halli Airport (KEV), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) SW of JYV.
• Because of Jyväskylä Airport's relatively low elevation of 459 feet, planes can take off or land at Jyväskylä 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.
• Jyväskylä Airport handled 88,608 passengers last year.

Facts about Oakland International Airport (OAK):

• It is formerly the location of Naval Air Station Oakland.
• Even at the completion of these projects, there is already demand driving the need for additional infrastructure improvements.
• United Airlines vacated its 300,000 sq ft Oakland Maintenance Center in May 2003 and transferred work to its base at San Francisco International Airport.
• SeaPort Airlines proposed a new plan for daily flights from Visalia to OAK.
• The furthest airport from Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,354 miles (18,273 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Oakland International Airport, a revenue division of the Port of Oakland, takes a leadership role in promoting a sustainable operating environment—whether that's looking at current day-to-day operations or forecasting future needs and requirements.
• The Port of Oakland and Coulomb Technologies has announced that electric vehicle driver services have arrived at Oakland International Airport with the installation of eight ChargePoint Network charging stations for EVs in the Premier Parking Lot.
• After the war Oakland's traffic slumped, but airline deregulation prompted several low-fare carriers to begin flights.
• Oakland International Airport (OAK) has 4 runways.
• Because of Oakland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Oakland 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.
• The closest airport to Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Hayward Executive Airport (HWD), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of OAK.