Nonstop flight route between Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan and Binghamton, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kerama Airport (KJP), Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan and Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM), Binghamton, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,485 miles (or 12,045 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 Kerama Airport and Greater Binghamton 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 Kerama Airport and Greater Binghamton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kerama Airport (KJP):

• Because of Kerama Airport's relatively low elevation of 156 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerama 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kerama Airport", other names for KJP include "慶良間空港" and "Kerama Kūkō".
• The closest airport to Kerama Airport (KJP) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) E of KJP.
• The furthest airport from Kerama Airport (KJP) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is nearly antipodal to Kerama Airport (meaning Kerama Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Paulo Abdala Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,977 kilometers) away in Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil.
• Kerama Airport (KJP) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM):

• In addition to being known as "Greater Binghamton Airport", another name for BGM is "Edwin A. Link Field".
• In the 1950s Mohawk, TWA and Colonial-then-Eastern stopped at BGM.
• To accommodate larger aircraft, the main runway was extended 700 feet in 1969.
• Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) has 2 runways.
• Ultimately, the airport was a hub for a commuter airline, Brockway Air, which had a fleet of Beechcraft 1900s and Fokker F-27s in the 1980s.
• The closest airport to Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) is Cortland County Airport (CTX), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) NNW of BGM.
• The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 108,325 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 98,090 in 2009 and 108,988 in 2010.
• The furthest airport from Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,607 miles (18,680 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.