Nonstop flight route between Osaka, Japan and Mikkeli, Finland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kansai International Airport (KIX), Osaka, Japan and Mikkeli Airport (MIK), Mikkeli, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,689 miles (or 7,547 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 Mikkeli 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 Mikkeli 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):

• Kansai International Airport (KIX) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Kansai International Airport", other names for KIX include "関西国際空港" and "Kansai Kokusai Kūkō".
• 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.
• Since its formation, the new operating company has also made efforts toward international expansion, bidding for operating concessions at Yangon International Airport and Hanthawaddy International Airport in Myanmar.
• 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 was at its limit during peak times, owing especially to freight flights, so a portion of Phase II expansion—the second runway—was made a priority.
• A new terminal building opened in late 2012.
• In the 1960s, when the Kansai region was rapidly losing trade to Tokyo, planners proposed a new airport near Kobe and Osaka.
• As of 2008, the total cost of Kansai Airport was $20 billion including land reclamation, two runways, terminals and facilities.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Kansai International Airport (KIX) is Kobe Airport (UKB), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) N of KIX.

Facts about Mikkeli Airport (MIK):

• The closest airport to Mikkeli Airport (MIK) is Varkaus Airport (VRK), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNE of MIK.
• The secondary tower of Mikkeli Airport
• Because of Mikkeli Airport's relatively low elevation of 329 feet, planes can take off or land at Mikkeli 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.
• Mikkeli Airport handled 1,214 passengers last year.
• A Cessna 152 taking off at Mikkeli Airport
• There is one runway in the airport and its measures are 1,702 m × 44 m.
• Mikkeli Airport (MIK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Mikkeli Airport", another name for MIK is "Mikkelin lentoasema".
• Mikkeli Airport is located in Mikkeli, Finland, 2.5 NM west of the city centre.
• The furthest airport from Mikkeli Airport (MIK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,873 miles (17,498 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.