Nonstop flight route between Cochrane, Chile and Misawa, Aomori, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cochrane Airfield (LGR), Cochrane, Chile and Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ), Misawa, Aomori, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,704 miles (or 17,226 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 Cochrane Airfield and Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō, 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 Cochrane Airfield and Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cochrane Airfield (LGR):

• Because of Cochrane Airfield's relatively low elevation of 643 feet, planes can take off or land at Cochrane Airfield 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.
• Cochrane Airfield (LGR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Cochrane Airfield (LGR) is Chile Chico Airfield (CCH), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) NE of LGR.
• In addition to being known as "Cochrane Airfield", other names for LGR include "Cochrane Airfield (Cochrane)" and "Aeródromo Cochrane".
• The furthest airport from Cochrane Airfield (LGR) is Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN), which is nearly antipodal to Cochrane Airfield (meaning Cochrane Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chinggis Khaan International Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.

Facts about Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ):

• In 1870, the Japanese Emperor established a stud farm for the household cavalry in the area that later became Misawa AB, and kept his own cavalry there until 1931, when the Sino-Japanese conflict required their use in China.
• In addition to being known as "Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō", another name for MSJ is "Misawa AB".
• Before the outbreak of World War II, Lake Ogawara at Misawa was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service to practice for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• The furthest airport from Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Misawa Air Base is a United States military facility located 3 NM northeast of the railway station in Misawa, 3 mi west of the Pacific Ocean, 10 mi northeast of Towada, 18 mi northwest of Hachinohe, and 425 mi north of Tokyo, in Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region in the northern part of the island of Honshū of Japan.
• In this role the 39th trained the assigned units and controlled aerial interception missions when Japanese air space was violated.
• The closest airport to Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ) is JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MSJ.
• The American occupation of Misawa began in September 1945.