Nonstop flight route between Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan and Monroeville, Alabama, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yakushima Airport (KUM), Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan and Monroe County Airport (MVC), Monroeville, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,490 miles (or 12,055 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 Yakushima Airport and Monroe County 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 Yakushima Airport and Monroe County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUM / RJFC |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°23'8"N by 130°39'33"E |
Area Served: | Yakushima, Japan |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 122 feet (37 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUM |
More Information: | KUM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MVC / KMVC |
Airport Name: | Monroe County Airport |
Location: | Monroeville, Alabama, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°27'29"N by 87°21'3"W |
Area Served: | Monroeville, Alabama |
Operator/Owner: | Monroe County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 419 feet (128 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MVC |
More Information: | MVC Maps & Info |
Facts about Yakushima Airport (KUM):
- Yakushima Airport (KUM) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Yakushima Airport", other names for KUM include "屋久島空港" and "Yakushima Kūkō".
- The furthest airport from Yakushima Airport (KUM) is Salgado Filho International Airport (POA), which is nearly antipodal to Yakushima Airport (meaning Yakushima Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salgado Filho International Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,834 kilometers) away in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Because of Yakushima Airport's relatively low elevation of 122 feet, planes can take off or land at Yakushima 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 Yakushima Airport (KUM) is Kagoshima Airport (KOJ), which is located 98 miles (158 kilometers) N of KUM.
Facts about Monroe County Airport (MVC):
- Monroe County Airport (MVC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Monroe County Airport's relatively low elevation of 419 feet, planes can take off or land at Monroe County 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 Monroe County Airport (MVC) is NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) SSE of MVC.
- The furthest airport from Monroe County Airport (MVC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,123 miles (17,900 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.