Nonstop flight route between Liberia, Costa Rica and Osaka, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR), Liberia, Costa Rica and Osaka International Airport (OSA), Osaka, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,312 miles (or 13,377 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 Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) and Osaka 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 Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) and Osaka 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 Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR):

• In 2006 to manage increased demand, the government and local tourism chamber boards set aside funds to increase the parking area on the tarmac from 5 to 8 airplanes and the construction of a parallel taxiway.
• Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)", another name for LIR is "Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber Quirós".
• The closest airport to Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) is Tamarindo Airport (TNO), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SW of LIR.
• The government of Costa Rica awarded CORIPORT, S.A., a 20-year concession to design, finance, construct and operate a new terminal building and its associated landside facilities, as well as approximately 36,000 m2 of airport land currently occupied by the existing terminal and associated facilities.
• The furthest airport from Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (LIR) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) (meaning Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,242 miles (19,701 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Daniel Oduber Quirós International airport is the country's second and Central America's ninth busiest airport.
• Because of Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)'s relatively low elevation of 269 feet, planes can take off or land at Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) 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 Osaka International Airport (OSA):

• The policy of the Japanese government has been to limit operations at Itami in order to spur development at Kansai and Kobe.
• Itami Airport has a single terminal building with 21 gates, divided into a "North Terminal" for JAL and Amakusa and "South Terminal" for ANA and IBEX.
• Despite its "international" designation, the airport's scheduled passenger air traffic is entirely domestic.
• In February 1974, the Osaka District Court issued a qualified ruling in favor of the plaintiffs which limited the scope of their damages.
• The closest airport to Osaka International Airport (OSA) is Osaka International Airport (ITM), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of OSA.
• The furthest airport from Osaka International Airport (OSA) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,960 miles (19,248 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Because of Osaka International Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Osaka 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.
• Construction began in July 1936 on a 53 ha site.
• Osaka International Airport (OSA) has 2 runways.
• Itami was renamed Osaka Airport following its return to Japanese control in March 1959.
• In addition to being known as "Osaka International Airport", other names for OSA include "Itami International Airport", "大阪国際空港", "Ōsaka Kokusai Kūkō", "ITM" and "RJOO".