Nonstop flight route between Osaka, Japan and Eskilstuna, Sweden:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kansai International Airport (KIX), Osaka, Japan and Eskilstuna Airport (EKT), Eskilstuna, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,071 miles (or 8,162 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 Kansai International Airport and Eskilstuna 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 Kansai International Airport and Eskilstuna Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kansai International Airport (KIX):

• The airport authority was allotted 4 billion yen in government support for fiscal year 2013, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Ministry of Finance have agreed to reduce this amount in stages through fiscal year 2015, although local governments in the Kansai region have pressed for continued subsidies.
• Kansai International Airport (KIX) has 2 runways.
• The main KIX passenger Terminal l is a single four-story building designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and has a gross floor space of 296,043 square metres.
• Because of Kansai International Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Kansai 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 furthest airport from Kansai International Airport (KIX) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,980 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Kansai International Airport", other names for KIX include "関西国際空港" and "Kansai Kokusai Kūkō".
• Kansai has been marketed as an alternative to Narita Airport for international travelers from the Greater Tokyo Area.
• The closest airport to Kansai International Airport (KIX) is Kobe Airport (UKB), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) N of KIX.
• After the protests surrounding New Tokyo International Airport, which was built with expropriated land in a rural part of Chiba Prefecture, planners decided to build the airport offshore.
• An artificial island, 4 km long and 2.5 km wide, was proposed.
• Opened on 4 September 1994, the airport serves as a hub for several airlines such as All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and Nippon Cargo Airlines.

Facts about Eskilstuna Airport (EKT):

• The furthest airport from Eskilstuna Airport (EKT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,228 miles (18,070 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Eskilstuna Airport's relatively low elevation of 139 feet, planes can take off or land at Eskilstuna 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.
• Eskilstuna Airport (EKT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Eskilstuna Airport (EKT) is Stockholm Västerås Airport (VST), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) N of EKT.
• In addition to being known as "Eskilstuna Airport", another name for EKT is "Eskilstuna-Kjula flygplats".