Nonstop flight route between Gunsan, South Korea and San Francisco, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gunsan Airport (KUV), Gunsan, South Korea and San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,711 miles (or 9,190 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 Gunsan Airport and San Francisco International 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 Gunsan Airport and San Francisco International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gunsan Airport (KUV):

• Gunsan Airport (KUV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Gunsan Airport handled 133,242 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Gunsan Airport (KUV) is Gwangju Airport (KWJ), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) SSE of KUV.
• In addition to being known as "Gunsan Airport", other names for KUV include "군산공항 群山空港", "Gunsan Gonghang" and "Kunsan Konghang".
• The furthest airport from Gunsan Airport (KUV) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Gunsan Airport (meaning Gunsan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,316 miles (19,821 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• Because of Gunsan Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Gunsan 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 San Francisco International Airport (SFO):

• Before the 1930s, airports used a two-byte abbreviation.
• San Francisco International Airport handled 44,477,209 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is Half Moon Bay AirportHalf Moon Bay Flight Strip (HAF), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) SW of SFO.
• Since the mid-2000s recovery at SFO has been evident.
• The furthest airport from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Because of San Francisco International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at San Francisco International 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.
• San Francisco International Airport is an international airport located 13 miles south of downtown San Francisco, California, near Millbrae and San Bruno in unincorporated San Mateo County.
• Formerly known as the "North Terminal," Terminal 3 has Boarding Area E and Boarding Area F has 26 gates.
• San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has 4 runways.
• United Airlines used Mills Field as well as the Oakland Municipal Airport starting in the 1930s.