Nonstop flight route between Osaka, Japan and Tarija, Bolivia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kansai International Airport (KIX), Osaka, Japan and Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA), Tarija, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,935 miles (or 17,598 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 Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza 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 Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza 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):

• Kansai International Airport (KIX) has 2 runways.
• On 17 January 1995, Japan was struck by the Kobe earthquake, whose epicenter was about 20 km away from KIX and killed 6,434 people on Japan's main island of Honshū.
• The closest airport to Kansai International Airport (KIX) is Kobe Airport (UKB), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) N of KIX.
• 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 second runway opened on 2 August 2007, but with the originally planned terminal portion postponed.
• Kansai has been marketed as an alternative to Narita Airport for international travelers from the Greater Tokyo Area.
• In addition to being known as "Kansai International Airport", other names for KIX include "関西国際空港" and "Kansai Kokusai Kūkō".
• 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 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.

Facts about Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA):

• Because of Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport's high elevation of 6,084 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TJA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TJA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA) is Yacuiba Airport (BYC), which is located 73 miles (117 kilometers) ESE of TJA.
• Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA) is Shun Tak Heliport (HHP), which is nearly antipodal to Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (meaning Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Shun Tak Heliport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,871 kilometers) away in Sheung Wan, China.