Nonstop flight route between New York City, New York, United States and Kita Kyūshū, Kyūshū, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States and Kokura Airport (KKJ), Kita Kyūshū, Kyūshū, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,045 miles (or 11,337 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 LaGuardia Airport and Kokura 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 LaGuardia Airport and Kokura Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LGA / KLGA |
| Airport Name: | LaGuardia Airport |
| Location: | New York City, New York, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°46'38"N by 73°52'21"W |
| Area Served: | New York City |
| Operator/Owner: | City of New York |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LGA |
| More Information: | LGA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KKJ / RJFR |
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| Location: | Kita Kyūshū, Kyūshū, Japan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°50'11"N by 130°56'48"E |
| Area Served: | Kitakyushu, Japan |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KKJ |
| More Information: | KKJ Maps & Info |
Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):
- LaGuardia's traffic continued to grow.
- LaGuardia Airport /ləˈɡwɑrdiə/ is an airport in the northern part of the New York City borough of Queens.
- LaGuardia is the busiest airport in the United States without any non-stop service to Europe.
- The terminal is home of the largest mural created during the Roosevelt-era Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Program.
- The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The airport was dedicated on October 15, 1939, as the New York Municipal Airport and opened for business on December 2 of that year.
- LaGuardia has also been criticized for some of its outdated facilities.
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
- Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
Facts about Kokura Airport (KKJ):
- The furthest airport from Kokura Airport (KKJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Kokura Airport (meaning Kokura Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,220 miles (19,665 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- Because of Kokura Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Kokura 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 Kokura Airport (KKJ) is Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ENE of KKJ.
- Kokura Airport (KKJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Kokura Airport", other names for KKJ include "小倉空港" and "Kokura Kūkō".
