Nonstop flight route between Niigata, Japan and Ust-Kuyga, Sakha Republic, Russia:
Departure Airport:
(37°57'20"N by 139°6'42"E)
Arrival Airport:
(70°0'39"N by 135°38'48"E)
Distance from KIJ to UKG:
2,218.48 miles (3,570.29 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Niigata Airport (KIJ), Niigata, Japan and Ust-Kuyga Airport (UKG), Ust-Kuyga, Sakha Republic, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,218 miles (or 3,570 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 relatively short distance between Niigata Airport and Ust-Kuyga Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIJ / RJSN |
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| Location: | Niigata, Japan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°57'20"N by 139°6'42"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KIJ |
| More Information: | KIJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UKG / |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Ust-Kuyga, Sakha Republic, Russia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 70°0'39"N by 135°38'48"E |
| Area Served: | Ust-Kuyga, Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic, Russia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 82 feet (25 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from UKG |
| More Information: | UKG Maps & Info |
Facts about Niigata Airport (KIJ):
- Niigata Airport (KIJ) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Niigata Airport", other names for KIJ include "新潟空港" and "Niigata Kūkō".
- The furthest airport from Niigata Airport (KIJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,682 miles (18,800 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- The airport saw several major service expansions in the spring of 2012, when China Eastern Airlines, Fuji Dream Airlines and All Nippon Airways announced service to Shanghai, Nagoya and Narita respectively.
- Niigata Airport was historically an important gateway for traffic to and from Russia, with scheduled service to Khabarovsk since 1973 and Vladivostok since 1993, which among other purposes were used to export Niigata-area agricultural products to Russia.
- Because of Niigata Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Niigata 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 Niigata Airport (KIJ) is Shonai Airport (SYO), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) NNE of KIJ.
Facts about Ust-Kuyga Airport (UKG):
- Because of Ust-Kuyga Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Ust-Kuyga 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 addition to being known as "Ust-Kuyga Airport", another name for UKG is "Аэропорт Усть-Куйга".
- Ust-Kuyga Airport (UKG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ust-Kuyga Airport (UKG) is Deputatsky Airport (DPT), which is located 111 miles (178 kilometers) ESE of UKG.
- The furthest airport from Ust-Kuyga Airport (UKG) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 11,762 miles (18,930 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 69.57 miles (111.96 km) NNE | Shonai Airport (SYO) | Yamagata, Japan |     |
| 2 | 75.31 miles (121.20 km) ENE | Yamagata Airport (GAJ) | Yamagata, Honshū, Japan | |
| 3 | 87.90 miles (141.46 km) SE | Fukushima Airport (FKS) | Sugawa, Fukushima, Japan | |
| 4 | 99.04 miles (159.39 km) E | Sendai Airport (SDJ) | Natori, Japan | |
| 5 | 107.99 miles (173.79 km) SSE | Utsunomiya Air Field (QUT) | Nikkō / Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan | |
| 6 | 129.24 miles (208.00 km) NNE | Akita Airport (AXT) | Akita, Japan | |
| 7 | 139.08 miles (223.83 km) SW | Toyama Airport (TOY) | Toyama, Toyama, Japan | |
| 8 | 139.92 miles (225.18 km) SSW | Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) | Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan | |
| 9 | 149.20 miles (240.12 km) NE | Hanamaki Airport (HNA) | Morioka, Honshū, Japan | |
| 10 | 166.93 miles (268.64 km) SSE | Narita International Airport (NRT) | Narita (near Tokyo), Japan | |
| 11 | 168.63 miles (271.38 km) NNE | Odate-Noshiro Airport (ONJ) | Kitaakita, Akita, Japan | |
| 12 | 170.08 miles (273.72 km) SSE | Tokyo International Airport (HND) | Tokyo, Honshū, Japan | |
| 13 | 183.86 miles (295.89 km) SW | Komatsu Airport (KMQ) | Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan | |
| 14 | 202.59 miles (326.04 km) SW | Fukui Airport (FKJ) | Fukui, Honshu, Japan | |
| 15 | 209.58 miles (337.29 km) NNE | Aomori Airport (AOJ) | Aomori, Japan | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,681.52 miles (18,799.53 km) ESE | Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG) | Rio Grande, Brazil | |
| 2 | 11,658.66 miles (18,762.75 km) ESE | Pelotas International Airport (PET) | Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 3 | 11,631.76 miles (18,719.46 km) SE | Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) | Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 4 | 11,631.72 miles (18,719.39 km) SE | Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 5 | 11,619.23 miles (18,699.28 km) E | Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP) | Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay | |
| 6 | 11,613.06 miles (18,689.37 km) ESE | Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT) | Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | |
| 7 | 11,599.05 miles (18,666.81 km) SE | Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz International Airport (FLN) | Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 8 | 11,590.72 miles (18,653.41 km) ESE | Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ) | Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay | |
| 9 | 11,568.64 miles (18,617.88 km) E | Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD) | Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| 10 | 11,560.53 miles (18,604.82 km) ESE | Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (BGX) | Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 11 | 11,552.87 miles (18,592.50 km) E | Villa Gesell Airport (VLG) | Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 12 | 11,550.50 miles (18,588.68 km) ESE | Cerro Largo International Airport (VCH) | Vichadero, Rivera, Uruguay | |
| 13 | 11,548.39 miles (18,585.29 km) SSE | Navegantes Airport (NVT) | Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 14 | 11,548.37 miles (18,585.25 km) SE | Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) | Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 15 | 11,528.90 miles (18,553.92 km) E | Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ) | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 110.56 miles (177.93 km) ESE | Deputatsky Airport (DPT) | Deputatsky, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 2 | 164.93 miles (265.42 km) S | Batagay Airport (BQJ) | Batagay, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 3 | 192.00 miles (308.99 km) NW | Tiksi Airport (IKS) | Tiksi, Russia | |
| 4 | 201.35 miles (324.04 km) SW | Sakkyryr Airport (SUK) | Batagay-Alyta, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 5 | 276.63 miles (445.19 km) ESE | Belaya Gora Airport (BGN) | Belaya Gora, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 6 | 287.69 miles (463.00 km) ENE | Chokurdakh Airport (CKH) | Chokurdakh, Russia | |
| 7 | 426.01 miles (685.60 km) SSE | Ust-Nera Airport (USR) | Ust-Nera, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 8 | 483.41 miles (777.97 km) ESE | Srednekolymsk Airport (SEK) | Srednekolymsk, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 9 | 488.52 miles (786.19 km) ESE | Zyryanka Airport (ZKP) | Zyryanka, Verkhnekolymsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 10 | 500.27 miles (805.10 km) S | Teply Klyuch Airport (KDY) | Khadynga, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 11 | 570.72 miles (918.48 km) SSW | Yakutsk Airport (YKS) | Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia | |
| 12 | 571.61 miles (919.91 km) SSW | Magan Airport (GYG) | Magan, Russia, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 13 | 571.79 miles (920.21 km) SW | Vilyuisk Airport (VYI) | Vilyuysk, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 14 | 572.45 miles (921.26 km) W | Olenyok Airport (ONK) | Olenyok, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| 15 | 613.76 miles (987.75 km) SW | Verkhnevilyuysk Airport (VHV) | Verkhnevilyuysk, Woehee Bueluue District, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,762.47 miles (18,929.82 km) SE | Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM) | Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica | |
| 2 | 11,157.37 miles (17,956.00 km) SE | Ushuaia International Airport (USH) | Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina | |
| 3 | 11,101.79 miles (17,866.56 km) SSE | RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) | Falkland Islands | |
| 4 | 11,100.11 miles (17,863.85 km) SE | Hermes Quijada International Airport (RGA) | Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina | |
| 5 | 11,099.64 miles (17,863.10 km) SSE | Port Stanley Airport (PSY) | Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | |
| 6 | 10,997.65 miles (17,698.96 km) SE | Presidente Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ) | Punta Arenas, Chile | |
| 7 | 10,936.44 miles (17,600.45 km) SE | Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (RGL) | Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 8 | 10,884.31 miles (17,516.56 km) SE | Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT) | Puerto Natales, Chile | |
| 9 | 10,805.12 miles (17,389.11 km) SE | Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (FTE) | El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | |
| 10 | 10,804.15 miles (17,387.55 km) SE | Lago Argentino Airport (ING) | El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 11 | 10,741.52 miles (17,286.75 km) SE | Gobernador Gregores Airport (GGS) | Gobernador Gregores, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 12 | 10,737.70 miles (17,280.62 km) SE | Puerto Deseado Airport (PUD) | Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | |
| 13 | 10,601.73 miles (17,061.79 km) SE | Cochrane Airfield (LGR) | Cochrane, Chile | |
| 14 | 10,587.00 miles (17,038.08 km) SE | General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD) | Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina | |
| 15 | 10,582.70 miles (17,031.16 km) SE | Perito Moreno Airport (PMQ) | Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |