Nonstop flight route between Kocaeli, Turkey and Pyongyang, North Korea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı (KCO), Kocaeli, Turkey and Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ), Pyongyang, North Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,780 miles (or 7,692 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 Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı and Pyongyang Sunan 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 Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı and Pyongyang Sunan 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 Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı (KCO):

• Because of Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı's relatively low elevation of 182 feet, planes can take off or land at Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı 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.
• In 2011 the airport was opened to public air traffic.
• The furthest airport from Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı (KCO) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,169 miles (17,975 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı (KCO) is İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) WNW of KCO.
• The base was assigned to NATO on October 28, 1981.
• In addition to being known as "Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı", another name for KCO is "KCO[1]".
• Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station is situated 2 km east of Köseköy neighborhood in İzmit and 5 km west of Lake Sapanca between the highway D.100 and the motorway O-4.
• Cengiz Topel Airport Cengiz Topel Havalimanı (KCO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station, aka Topel Airport or formerly Cengiz Topel Air Base, is a Turkish Navy air station located east of İzmit in Kocaeli Province, Turkey.

Facts about Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ):

• The closest airport to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) is Incheon International Airport (ICN), which is located 129 miles (207 kilometers) SSE of FNJ.
• Check-in counters, 2007
• Because of Pyongyang Sunan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 117 feet, planes can take off or land at Pyongyang Sunan 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 furthest airport from Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) is Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ), which is nearly antipodal to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (meaning Pyongyang Sunan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Astor Piazzolla International Airport), and is located 12,240 miles (19,699 kilometers) away in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
• The airport contains a car park, a business centre, accessible facilities, a duty-free shop, a Business Class lounge, a taxi stand, a Korea Trade Bank, and several souvenir shops.
• Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Pyongyang Sunan International Airport", other names for FNJ include "평양순안국제공항" and "P'yŏngyang Sunan Kukche Konghang".