Nonstop flight route between Kagau Island, Solomon Islands and Sacheon, South Korea:
Departure Airport:
(7°19'58"S by 157°35'12"E)
Arrival Airport:
(35°5'18"N by 128°4'13"E)
Distance from KGE to HIN:
3,505.63 miles (5,641.75 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kaghau Airport (KGE), Kagau Island, Solomon Islands and Sacheon Airport (HIN), Sacheon, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,506 miles (or 5,642 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 Kaghau Airport and Sacheon 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 Kaghau Airport and Sacheon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KGE / AGKG |
| Airport Name: | Kaghau Airport |
| Location: | Kagau Island, Solomon Islands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°19'58"S by 157°35'12"E |
| View all routes: | Routes from KGE |
| More Information: | KGE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HIN / RKPS |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Sacheon, South Korea |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°5'18"N by 128°4'13"E |
| Area Served: | Sacheon, Jinju |
| Operator/Owner: | Korean Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce |
| Airport Type: | Public domestic / Military airfield |
| Elevation: | 25 feet (8 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HIN |
| More Information: | HIN Maps & Info |
Facts about Kaghau Airport (KGE):
- The furthest airport from Kaghau Airport (KGE) is Cap Skirring Airport (CSK), which is located 11,915 miles (19,176 kilometers) away in Cap Skirring, Senegal.
- The closest airport to Kaghau Airport (KGE) is Munda Airport (MUA), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) SSW of KGE.
Facts about Sacheon Airport (HIN):
- Because of Sacheon Airport's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Sacheon 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 ROKAF 10th Fighter Wing was formed at the base in 1951.
- The closest airport to Sacheon Airport (HIN) is Gimhae International Airport (PUS), which is located 49 miles (80 kilometers) E of HIN.
- Sacheon Airport handled 169,120 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Sacheon Airport", other names for HIN include "사천공항 泗川空港", "Sacheon Gonghang" and "Sach'ŏn Konghang".
- On 13 November 2003 a KAI KT-1 crashed shortly after takeoff from the base, the instructor ekjected safely while the trainee was killed.
- The furthest airport from Sacheon Airport (HIN) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Sacheon Airport (meaning Sacheon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,257 miles (19,726 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
- Sacheon Airport (HIN) has 2 runways.
- Korea Express Air began chartered flights from Jeju to Jinju in 2011.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 72.25 miles (116.27 km) SSW | Munda Airport (MUA) | Munda, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands |     |
| 2 | 72.45 miles (116.59 km) SW | Nusatupe Airport (GZO) | Gizo / Nusatupe, Western Province, Solomon Islands | |
| 3 | 92.24 miles (148.45 km) WNW | Choiseul Bay Airport (CHY) | Choiseul Bay, Taro Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 4 | 118.80 miles (191.18 km) WNW | Balalae Airport (BAS) | Ballalae, Solomon Islands | |
| 5 | 138.65 miles (223.13 km) W | Mono Airport (MNY) | Stirling Island, Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands | |
| 6 | 146.31 miles (235.46 km) WNW | Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE) | Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea | |
| 7 | 146.41 miles (235.63 km) ESE | Fera Airport (FRE) | Maringe, Fera Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands | |
| 8 | 165.05 miles (265.62 km) SE | Yandina Airport (XYA) | Yandina, Solomon Islands | |
| 9 | 222.28 miles (357.73 km) SE | Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (HIR) | Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 10 | 226.95 miles (365.25 km) SE | Mbambanakira Airport (MBU) | Mbambanakira, Solomon Islands | |
| 11 | 231.73 miles (372.94 km) ESE | Auki Gwaunaru'u Airport (AKS) | Auki / Gwaunaru'u, Solomon Islands | |
| 12 | 239.73 miles (385.81 km) WNW | Buka Island Airport (BUA) | Buka Island, Papua New Guinea | |
| 13 | 257.29 miles (414.06 km) ESE | Uru Harbour Airport (ATD) | Atoifi, Malaita, Solomon Islands | |
| 14 | 263.27 miles (423.69 km) ESE | Afutara Airport (AFT) | Afutara, Solomon Islands | |
| 15 | 302.71 miles (487.16 km) NW | Nissan Island Airport (IIS) | Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,915.50 miles (19,176.08 km) NW | Cap Skirring Airport (CSK) | Cap Skirring, Senegal | |
| 2 | 11,911.53 miles (19,169.70 km) WNW | Bubaque Airport (BQE) | Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau | |
| 3 | 11,907.20 miles (19,162.73 km) N | Praia International Airport (RAI) | Praia, Cape Verde | |
| 4 | 11,896.66 miles (19,145.78 km) NNE | São Filipe Airport (SFL) | Fogo, Cape Verde | |
| 5 | 11,893.58 miles (19,140.82 km) N | Maio Airport (MMO) | Maio, Cape Verde | |
| 6 | 11,888.18 miles (19,132.13 km) NNE | Mosteiros Airport (MTI) | Mosteiros, Cape Verde | |
| 7 | 11,885.26 miles (19,127.42 km) NW | Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG) | Ziguinchor, Senegal | |
| 8 | 11,878.88 miles (19,117.16 km) NW | Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | |
| 9 | 11,866.42 miles (19,097.10 km) NW | Banjul International Airport (BJL) | Banjul, Gambia | |
| 10 | 11,828.03 miles (19,035.33 km) WNW | Boké Baralande Airport (BKJ) | Boké, Guinea | |
| 11 | 11,827.60 miles (19,034.63 km) N | Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC) | Boa Vista, Cape Verde | |
| 12 | 11,825.92 miles (19,031.92 km) NNW | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) | Dakar, Senegal | |
| 13 | 11,815.70 miles (19,015.48 km) WNW | Conakry International Airport (CKY) | Conakry, Guinea | |
| 14 | 11,801.12 miles (18,992.02 km) NW | Kolda North Airport (KDA) | Kolda, Senegal | |
| 15 | 11,799.91 miles (18,990.06 km) W | Lungi International Airport (FNA) | Freetown, Sierra Leone | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 49.44 miles (79.57 km) E | Gimhae International Airport (PUS) | Busan, South Korea | |
| 2 | 64.77 miles (104.23 km) NNE | Daegu International Airport (TAE) | Daegu, South Korea | |
| 3 | 71.35 miles (114.83 km) W | Gwangju Airport (KWJ) | Gwangju (Kwangju), South Korea | |
| 4 | 98.08 miles (157.85 km) NE | Pohang Airport (KPO) | Pohang, South Korea | |
| 5 | 98.44 miles (158.42 km) WSW | Mokpo Airport (MPK) | Mokpo, South Korea | |
| 6 | 99.34 miles (159.87 km) NW | Gunsan Airport (KUV) | Gunsan, South Korea | |
| 7 | 107.82 miles (173.52 km) N | Yecheon Air Base (YEC) | Yecheon, South Korea | |
| 8 | 116.93 miles (188.18 km) NNW | Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) | Cheong ju, South Korea | |
| 9 | 134.62 miles (216.65 km) SE | Iki Airport (IKI) | Iki, Iki Island, Japan | |
| 10 | 140.26 miles (225.72 km) SW | Jeongseok / Jungseok Airport (JDG) | Jeju province, South Korea | |
| 11 | 141.35 miles (227.47 km) SW | Jeju International Airport (CJU) | Jeju, South Korea | |
| 12 | 162.45 miles (261.44 km) N | Wonju Airport (WJU) | Wonju, South Korea | |
| 13 | 171.04 miles (275.26 km) SE | Fukuoka Airport (FUK) | Fukuoka, Japan | |
| 14 | 171.36 miles (275.78 km) NNW | Seoul Air Base (SSN) | Seongnam, South Korea | |
| 15 | 172.97 miles (278.37 km) SSE | Fukue Airport (FUJ) | Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,256.91 miles (19,725.54 km) E | Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP) | Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay | |
| 2 | 12,246.47 miles (19,708.73 km) SE | Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT) | Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | |
| 3 | 12,228.61 miles (19,679.99 km) S | Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG) | Rio Grande, Brazil | |
| 4 | 12,205.84 miles (19,643.34 km) SE | Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ) | Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay | |
| 5 | 12,203.95 miles (19,640.30 km) E | Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD) | Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| 6 | 12,202.64 miles (19,638.19 km) S | Pelotas International Airport (PET) | Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 7 | 12,159.24 miles (19,568.35 km) SE | Cerro Largo International Airport (VCH) | Vichadero, Rivera, Uruguay | |
| 8 | 12,151.96 miles (19,556.64 km) SSE | Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (BGX) | Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 9 | 12,149.72 miles (19,553.03 km) ESE | Santa Bernardina International Airport (DZO) | Durazno, Durazno, Uruguay | |
| 10 | 12,116.05 miles (19,498.85 km) ESE | Villa Gesell Airport (VLG) | Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 11 | 12,110.75 miles (19,490.32 km) SE | Tacuarembó Airport (TAW) | Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó, Uruguay | |
| 12 | 12,102.48 miles (19,477.01 km) E | Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR) | Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay | |
| 13 | 12,099.27 miles (19,471.83 km) E | La Plata Airport (LPG) | La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 14 | 12,086.14 miles (19,450.71 km) SE | Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (RVY) | Rivera, Rivera, Uruguay | |
| 15 | 12,082.03 miles (19,444.10 km) S | Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |