Nonstop flight route between Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States and Okinawa Prefecture, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Port Meadville Airport (MEJ), Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States and Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA), Okinawa Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,411 miles (or 11,926 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 Port Meadville Airport and Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena 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 Port Meadville Airport and Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MEJ / KGKJ |
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| Location: | Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°37'36"N by 80°12'52"W |
| Area Served: | Meadville, Pennsylvania |
| Operator/Owner: | Crawford County Regional Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1399 feet (426 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MEJ |
| More Information: | MEJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DNA / RODN |
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| Location: | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°21'6"N by 127°46'9"E |
| View all routes: | Routes from DNA |
| More Information: | DNA Maps & Info |
Facts about Port Meadville Airport (MEJ):
- Port Meadville Airport (MEJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Port Meadville Airport covers an area of 250 acres at an elevation of 1,399 feet above mean sea level.
- Port Meadville Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles west of the central business district of Meadville, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- The closest airport to Port Meadville Airport (MEJ) is Venango Regional Airport (FKL), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SE of MEJ.
- The furthest airport from Port Meadville Airport (MEJ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,448 miles (18,424 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Port Meadville Airport", another name for MEJ is "GKJ".
Facts about Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA):
- On 30 June 1959 an F-100 from the wing crashed on Okinawa during a training flight after suffering an engine fire.
- In addition to being known as "Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō", another name for DNA is "Kadena AFB".
- The closest airport to Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SW of DNA.
- The McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II replaced the RF-101 in the reconnaissance role in 1967.
- The furthest airport from Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is nearly antipodal to Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (meaning Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Paulo Abdala Airport), and is located 12,381 miles (19,926 kilometers) away in Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil.
- What the Americans captured was a 4,600 feet strip of badly-damaged coral runway.
