Nonstop flight route between Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan and Hasvik, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kikai Airport (KKX), Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan and Hasvik Airport (HAA), Hasvik, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,772 miles (or 7,679 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 Kikai Airport and Hasvik 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 Kikai Airport and Hasvik Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kikai Airport (KKX):

• Kikai Airport (KKX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kikai Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Kikai 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 Kikai Airport (KKX) is Amami Airport (ASJ), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) WNW of KKX.
• In addition to being known as "Kikai Airport", other names for KKX include "Kikai/Kikaigashima Island Airport", "喜界空港" and "Kikai Kūkō".
• The furthest airport from Kikai Airport (KKX) is Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), which is nearly antipodal to Kikai Airport (meaning Kikai Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport), and is located 12,397 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Facts about Hasvik Airport (HAA):

• The closest airport to Hasvik Airport (HAA) is Hammerfest Airport (HFT), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) ENE of HAA.
• Because of Hasvik Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Hasvik 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 first aircraft in Hasvik was an emergency landing carried out en route to Svalbard in the early 1970s.
• Norving operated at the airport until 1990, when the route was taken over by Widerøe, who initially used the de Havilland Canada Twin Otter.
• The furthest airport from Hasvik Airport (HAA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,486 miles (16,875 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Hasvik Airport handled 7,995 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Hasvik Airport", another name for HAA is "Hasvik lufthavn".
• Planning started in 1972 for an airport to serve air taxi and air ambulance services.