Nonstop flight route between Niigata, Japan and Uvalde, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Niigata Airport (KIJ), Niigata, Japan and Garner Field (UVA), Uvalde, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,439 miles (or 10,363 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 Niigata Airport and Garner Field, 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 Niigata Airport and Garner Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Niigata Airport (KIJ):

• 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.
• 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".
• Scheduled "limousine bus" service is provided to and from Niigata Station every 20 minutes and heavily subsidized by Niigata Prefecture.
• The closest airport to Niigata Airport (KIJ) is Shonai Airport (SYO), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) NNE of KIJ.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Garner Field (UVA):

• Opened in October 1941 with three 6,000 hard surfaced runways,.
• Trans-Texas DC-3s landed at Uvalde for a few years ending around 1954.
• The closest airport to Garner Field (UVA) is South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) ENE of UVA.
• The furthest airport from Garner Field (UVA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,192 miles (18,012 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Garner Field covers 356 acres at an elevation of 942 feet.
• Garner Field is an airport in Uvalde County, Texas, three miles east of the city of Uvalde, which owns it.
• Garner Field (UVA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Garner Field's relatively low elevation of 942 feet, planes can take off or land at Garner Field 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.