Nonstop flight route between Kokoda, Papua New Guinea and São José dos Campos, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kokoda Airport (KKD), Kokoda, Papua New Guinea and São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK), São José dos Campos, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,035 miles (or 16,150 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 Kokoda Airport and São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf 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 Kokoda Airport and São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KKD / AYKO |
Airport Name: | Kokoda Airport |
Location: | Kokoda, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°52'59"S by 147°43'59"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from KKD |
More Information: | KKD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SJK / SBSJ |
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Location: | São José dos Campos, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°13'44"S by 45°52'15"W |
Area Served: | São José dos Campos |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2120 feet (646 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SJK |
More Information: | SJK Maps & Info |
Facts about Kokoda Airport (KKD):
- Because of Kokoda Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Kokoda 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 closest airport to Kokoda Airport (KKD) is Efogi Airport (EFG), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) SSW of KKD.
- The furthest airport from Kokoda Airport (KKD) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,767 miles (18,937 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
Facts about São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK):
- In addition to being known as "São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport", another name for SJK is "Aeroporto de São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf".
- São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK) is São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) WSW of SJK.
- The passenger terminal has a capacity for 90,000/year and is served by a snack bar, taxis and public telephones.
- São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport handled 160,229 passengers last year.
- Operated by Infraero, the airport shares some facilities with the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology, Embraer and the flying club of São José dos Campos.
- Built in the 1950s basically to serve CTA, the airport originally had only a dirt runway.
- The furthest airport from São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (meaning São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,182 miles (19,604 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.