Nonstop flight route between Little Rock, Arkansas, United States and Amami Island, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT), Little Rock, Arkansas, United States and Amami Airport (ASJ), Amami Island, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,286 miles (or 11,725 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 Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport and Amami 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 Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport and Amami Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT):

• On June 1, 1999 American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed upon landing at Little Rock National Airport on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing the captain and 10 passengers.
• Because of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport's relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Bill and Hillary Clinton National 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.
• Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport handled 2,255,109 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) is Little Rock Air Force Base (LRF), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) NNE of LIT.
• American Airlines was the first airline to serve Little Rock when it first landed at Adams Field in June 1931.
• Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) has 3 runways.
• In 1972 the airport opened its current 12-gate terminal.
• Clinton National Airport covers 2,000 acres at an elevation of 266 feet above mean sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport", another name for LIT is "Adams Field".
• The furthest airport from Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,882 miles (17,512 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Clinton National is Arkansas's largest commercial airport with more than 2.1 million passengers in the year March 2009 through February 2010.

Facts about Amami Airport (ASJ):

• Because of Amami Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Amami 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 Amami Airport (ASJ) is Kikai Airport (KKX), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of ASJ.
• The furthest airport from Amami Airport (ASJ) is Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), which is nearly antipodal to Amami Airport (meaning Amami Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport), and is located 12,392 miles (19,943 kilometers) away in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Amami Airport", other names for ASJ include "奄美空港" and "Amami Kūkō".
• Amami Airport (ASJ) currently has only 1 runway.