Nonstop flight route between Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan and Lublin, Poland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kumamoto Airport (KMJ), Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan and Lublin Airport (LUZ), Lublin, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,181 miles (or 8,338 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 Lublin 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 Lublin 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 was one of three nationally-owned airports to turn a profit in fiscal year 2011.
• Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kumamoto Airport", other names for KMJ include "熊本空港" and "Kumamoto Kūkō".
• The closest airport to Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) is Saga Airport (HSG), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) NW of KMJ.
• Kumamoto Airport Driveway

Facts about Lublin Airport (LUZ):

• Lublin Airport handled 189,442 passengers last year.
• The airport is located close to Expressway S17 that is currently under construction, with the section running by the airport scheduled to be completed in mid-2014.
• Because of Lublin Airport's relatively low elevation of 666 feet, planes can take off or land at Lublin 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 Lublin Airport (LUZ) is Biała Podlaska Airport (BXP), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) NNE of LUZ.
• Lublin Airport (LUZ) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Lublin Airport (LUZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,410 miles (18,363 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Lublin Airport is an airport in Poland serving Lublin and the surrounding region.
• In addition to being known as "Lublin Airport", another name for LUZ is "Port Lotniczy Lublin".
• There is a dedicated bus service to the airport, with a flexible schedule, which starts its run to the airport 2 hours before each flight departure, and leaves the airport 25 minutes after flight arrival.