Nonstop flight route between Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan and Portland, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Miyazaki Airport (KMI), Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan and Portland International Jetport (PWM), Portland, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,041 miles (or 11,331 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 Miyazaki Airport and Portland International Jetport, 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 Miyazaki Airport and Portland International Jetport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Miyazaki Airport (KMI):

• In addition to being known as "Miyazaki Airport", another name for KMI is "宮崎空港".
• The closest airport to Miyazaki Airport (KMI) is Kagoshima Airport (KOJ), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) W of KMI.
• The airport is connected to various locations by bus.
• The furthest airport from Miyazaki Airport (KMI) is Salgado Filho International Airport (POA), which is nearly antipodal to Miyazaki Airport (meaning Miyazaki Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salgado Filho International Airport), and is located 12,234 miles (19,689 kilometers) away in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• Because of Miyazaki Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Miyazaki 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.
• Miyazaki Airport (KMI) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Portland International Jetport (PWM):

• The furthest airport from Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• That year regional Air New England began service in Portland, competing with Northeast Airlines intrastate and between Portland and Boston.
• In 1982 PWM got its first nonstop beyond New York, when Delta tried a 727 to Cincinnati for a year or so.
• In 1980 the passenger terminal expanded to the east with the addition of two baggage carousels.
• The closest airport to Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NE of PWM.
• At the onset of 2009 international service resumed.
• On September 1, 2005 Delta Air Lines ended mainline service to PWM.
• Because of Portland International Jetport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland International Jetport 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.
• Portland International Jetport (PWM) has 2 runways.
• That same year, regional Ransome Airlines, doing business as Delta Connection, began a route between Portland and Boston.