Nonstop flight route between Luena, Moxico Province, Angola and Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Luena Airport (LUO), Luena, Moxico Province, Angola and Kitadaito Airport (KTD), Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,895 miles (or 12,705 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 Luena Airport and Kitadaito 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 Luena Airport and Kitadaito Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUO / FNUE | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Luena, Moxico Province, Angola | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 11°46'5"S by 19°53'50"E | 
| Area Served: | Luena, Moxico Province, Angola | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4360 feet (1,329 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from LUO | 
| More Information: | LUO Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KTD / RORK | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 25°56'40"N by 131°19'36"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Okinawa Prefecture | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 71 feet (22 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from KTD | 
| More Information: | KTD Maps & Info | 
Facts about Luena Airport (LUO):
- The closest airport to Luena Airport (LUO) is Cangamba Airport (CNZ), which is located 134 miles (216 kilometers) S of LUO.
- Because of Luena Airport's high elevation of 4,360 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LUO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LUO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Luena Airport", other names for LUO include "Aeroporto de Luena/Luso (Luena)" and "Aeroporto de Luena".
- The furthest airport from Luena Airport (LUO) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is located 11,824 miles (19,028 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- Luena Airport (LUO) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Kitadaito Airport (KTD):
- Kitadaito Airport (KTD) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Kitadaito Airport's relatively low elevation of 71 feet, planes can take off or land at Kitadaito 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 Kitadaito Airport (KTD) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SSW of KTD.
- Only a round flight from Naha, to Kitadaitō and Minami Daito Airport, back to Naha is operated everyday.
- Kitadaito Airport was opened in 1971 as an emergency 760 meter airstrip, constructed of crushed coral by the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands.
- The furthest airport from Kitadaito Airport (KTD) is Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), which is nearly antipodal to Kitadaito Airport (meaning Kitadaito Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport), and is located 12,416 miles (19,982 kilometers) away in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Kitadaito Airport", other names for KTD include "北大東空港" and "Kitadaitō Kūkō".




