Nonstop flight route between Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan and Chartres, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Miyazaki Airport (KMI), Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan and Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ), Chartres, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,084 miles (or 9,792 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 Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome, 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 Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome. 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):

• Link Airs, a Fukuoka-based regional airline startup, plans to begin service to the airport in 2014.
• 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.
• 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.
• On October 1969, All Nippon Airways Flight 104 overran a runway at Miyazaki Airport by 132 metres.
• Miyazaki Airport is an airport located 3.2 km south southeast of Miyazaki, a city in the Miyazaki Prefecture of Japan.
• Miyazaki Airport (KMI) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.

Facts about Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ):

• Under American control, Chartres initially became the home of the 368th Fighter Group, which flew P-47 Thunderbolts from the field starting on 23 August, remaining until 11 September.
• In 1923, the "22e Régiment Aérien de bombardement de nuit" landed in Chartres in 1936.
• The closest airport to Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) is Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) NE of QTJ.
• In addition to being known as "Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome", other names for QTJ include "Aérodrome de Chartres - Champhol" and "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-40".
• The furthest airport from Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (meaning Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome (QTJ) has 2 runways.
• It was liberated by Allied ground forces about 21 August 1944 during the Northern France Campaign.
• The field was replaced by a totally new civilian facility which is much smaller than the prewar airport.
• Because of Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Chartres - Champhol Aerodrome 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.