Nonstop flight route between Gwangju (Kwangju), South Korea and Yerevan, Armenia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gwangju Airport (KWJ), Gwangju (Kwangju), South Korea and Zvartnots International Airport (EVN), Yerevan, Armenia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,355 miles (or 7,009 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 Gwangju Airport and Zvartnots 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 Gwangju Airport and Zvartnots 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 Gwangju Airport (KWJ):

• Situated 11 km west of downtown Gwangju, Gwangju International Airport has two terminals for passenger and cargo, a runway, taxi stops, and parking lot accommodating about 820 vehicles.
• Gwangju Airport (KWJ) has 2 runways.
• Because of Gwangju Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Gwangju 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 Gwangju Airport (KWJ) is Mokpo Airport (MPK), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) SW of KWJ.
• Gwangju Airport handled 1,539,187 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Gwangju Airport", other names for KWJ include "광주공항 光州空港", "Gwangju Gonghang" and "Kwangju Konghang".
• The furthest airport from Gwangju Airport (KWJ) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Gwangju Airport (meaning Gwangju Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,327 miles (19,839 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.

Facts about Zvartnots International Airport (EVN):

• The airport manager is the Armenian Argentine businessman Juan Pablo Gechidjian.
• The furthest airport from Zvartnots International Airport (EVN) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,257 miles (18,117 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• When Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the growth of cargo shipments resulted in the construction of a new cargo terminal in 1998 that can handle about 100,000 tonnes of cargo annually.
• In addition to being known as "Zvartnots International Airport", another name for EVN is "Զվարթնոց Միջազգային Օդակայան".
• The arrival hall capacity has been doubled to reach a volume of over 1,000 passengers per hour, and passenger management will be streamlined thanks to a substantial expansion of the customs.
• Zvartnots International Airport (EVN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The modernization effort has included the implementation of a new flight information display system as well as a new automated and biometric-identification system for baggage check-in and passenger control.
• The closest airport to Zvartnots International Airport (EVN) is Shirak International Airport (LWN), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) NW of EVN.