Nonstop flight route between Kōchi, Japan and Kingman, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kōchi Airport (KCZ), Kōchi, Japan and Kingman Airport (IGM), Kingman, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,982 miles (or 9,627 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 Kōchi Airport and Kingman 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 Kōchi Airport and Kingman Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kōchi Airport (KCZ):

• The runway was expanded in 1960 and 1980 and later to 2,500 metres to handle larger aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Kōchi Airport", another name for KCZ is "高知空港".
• Because of Kōchi Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Kōchi 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.
• Kōchi Airport (KCZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kōchi Airport (KCZ) is Takamatsu Airport (TAK), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) NNE of KCZ.
• The furthest airport from Kōchi Airport (KCZ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Kōchi Airport (meaning Kōchi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,083 miles (19,446 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.

Facts about Kingman Airport (IGM):

• The closest airport to Kingman Airport (IGM) is Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (IFP), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of IGM.
• In addition to being known as "Kingman Airport", another name for IGM is "(former Kingman Army Airfield)".
• Many aircraft were transferred to schools, and to communities for memorial use for a minimal fee.
• After 1945 there was no need for a gunnery school - or for the airplanes that carried the guns.
• Kingman Airport (IGM) has 2 runways.
• The Gunnery Ranges were used to train gunners in air-to-air firing.
• Kingman Airport is a city owned, public use airport located eight nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Kingman, a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
• War Assets Administration came to KAAF to set up Sales & Storage Depot 41.
• The furthest airport from Kingman Airport (IGM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,353 miles (18,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• After the Depot 41 did its job, the airfield was turned over to Mohave County to be used as an airport for the county.