Nonstop flight route between Karachi, Pakistan and Osaka, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jinnah International Airport (KHI), Karachi, Pakistan and Osaka International Airport (OSA), Osaka, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,072 miles (or 6,554 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 Jinnah International Airport and Osaka 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 Jinnah International Airport and Osaka 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 Jinnah International Airport (KHI):

• Jinnah International Airport (KHI) has 2 runways.
• The Ispahani Hangar is PIA's wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at Jinnah International Airport.
• Jinnah International Airport handled 16,065,465 passengers last year.
• During the 1940s there was a large black coloured hangar at the site of Karachi Airport, constructed for the British R101 Airship.
• The closest airport to Jinnah International Airport (KHI) is Hyderabad Airportحیدرآباد ہوائی اڈا (HDD), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) ENE of KHI.
• Because of Jinnah International Airport's relatively low elevation of 100 feet, planes can take off or land at Jinnah 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 Jinnah Terminal was completed in 1992 at a cost of US $100 million – at the time the most expensive civil construction project in Pakistan.
• The furthest airport from Jinnah International Airport (KHI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jinnah International Airport (meaning Jinnah International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,173 miles (19,591 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Jinnah International Airport", another name for KHI is "جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائ اڈہ".

Facts about Osaka International Airport (OSA):

• New Kansai International Airport Corporation, which owns both Itami Airport and Kansai Airport, plans to sell operating concessions for both airports during fiscal year 2014 in order to repay Kansai Airport's outstanding debt burden of 1.2 trillion yen.
• The furthest airport from Osaka International Airport (OSA) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,960 miles (19,248 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Osaka International Airport (OSA) has 2 runways.
• In its heyday Itami was served by a variety of major international carriers, including Pan Am, British Airways, Air India, Cathay Pacific and Korean Air.
• In addition to being known as "Osaka International Airport", other names for OSA include "Itami International Airport", "大阪国際空港", "Ōsaka Kokusai Kūkō", "ITM" and "RJOO".
• Because of Osaka International Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Osaka 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.
• In February 1974, the Osaka District Court issued a qualified ruling in favor of the plaintiffs which limited the scope of their damages.
• The closest airport to Osaka International Airport (OSA) is Osaka International Airport (ITM), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of OSA.