Nonstop flight route between Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan and Hana, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kumamoto Airport (KMJ), Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan and Hana Airport (HNM), Hana, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,500 miles (or 7,243 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 Kumamoto Airport and Hana 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 Kumamoto Airport and Hana Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kumamoto Airport (KMJ):

• Kumamoto Airport Driveway
• China Airlines charter service to Kaohsiung was announced in 2014 in order to cater to packaged tours from Taiwan.
• The closest airport to Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) is Saga Airport (HSG), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) NW of KMJ.
• Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kumamoto Airport", other names for KMJ include "熊本空港" and "Kumamoto Kūkō".
• The furthest airport from Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Kumamoto Airport (meaning Kumamoto Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,253 miles (19,720 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Because of Kumamoto Airport's relatively low elevation of 632 feet, planes can take off or land at Kumamoto 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.

Facts about Hana Airport (HNM):

• Hana Airport (HNM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Hana Airport (HNM) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Hana Airport (meaning Hana Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• The closest airport to Hana Airport (HNM) is Kahului Airport (OGG), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) WNW of HNM.
• Hana Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaiʻi.
• Hana Airport is a regional public use airport of the State of Hawaiʻi on the east shore of the island of Maui, three nautical miles northwest of the unincorporated town of Hana.
• Because of Hana Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Hana 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.