Nonstop flight route between Osaka, Japan and Santa Rosa, El Oro, Ecuador:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kansai International Airport (KIX), Osaka, Japan and Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR), Santa Rosa, El Oro, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,324 miles (or 15,006 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 Santa Rosa 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 Kansai International Airport and Santa Rosa 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 Kansai International Airport (KIX):

• A new terminal building opened in late 2012.
• The airport had been deeply in debt, losing $560 million in interest every year.
• 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 International Airport (KIX) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Kansai International Airport (KIX) is Kobe Airport (UKB), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) N of KIX.
• Since July 2008, Osaka Prefecture governor Toru Hashimoto has been a vocal critic of Itami Airport, arguing that the Chuo Shinkansen maglev line will make much of its domestic role irrelevant, and that its domestic functions should be transferred to Kansai Airport in conjunction with upgraded high-speed access to Kansai from central Osaka.
• 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.
• 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.
• An artificial island, 4 km long and 2.5 km wide, was proposed.
• Terminal 2 is a low-cost carrier terminal designed to attract more LCCs by providing lower landing fees than terminal 1.

Facts about Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR):

• Because of Santa Rosa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 170 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Rosa 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.
• Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR) is Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport (TBP), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) WSW of ETR.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Rosa International Airport", another name for ETR is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Santa Rosa".
• The furthest airport from Santa Rosa International Airport (ETR) is Sitiawan Airport (SWY), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Rosa International Airport (meaning Santa Rosa International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sitiawan Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,900 kilometers) away in Perak, Malaysia.