Nonstop flight route between Mönchengladbach, Germany and Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan:
Departure Airport:
(51°13'49"N by 6°30'15"E)
Arrival Airport:
(34°12'51"N by 134°0'56"E)
Distance from MGL to TAK:
5,729.89 miles (9,221.34 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL), Mönchengladbach, Germany and Takamatsu Airport (TAK), Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,730 miles (or 9,221 kilometers).
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Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGL / EDLN |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°13'49"N by 6°30'15"E |
| Area Served: | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
| Operator/Owner: | Düsseldorf Airport |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 125 feet (38 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MGL |
| More Information: | MGL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TAK / RJOT |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°12'51"N by 134°0'56"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 607 feet (185 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TAK |
| More Information: | TAK Maps & Info |
Facts about Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL):
- Because of Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach 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 furthest airport from Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,906 miles (19,161 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The British Army of the Rhine undertook an exercise in 1955, in accord with the then NATO-Strategy of quick reaction.
- In addition to being known as "Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport", another name for MGL is "Verkehrslandeplatz Mönchengladbach".
- The closest airport to Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) ENE of MGL.
- The airport was founded in 1955 as a small airstrip for gliders.
- Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Takamatsu Airport (TAK):
- The closest airport to Takamatsu Airport (TAK) is Okayama Airport (OKJ), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) NNW of TAK.
- It is equipped with an Instrument Landing System, VHF Omni-directional Radio Range, Distance Measuring Equipment, Airport Surveillance Radar, approach lights, precision approach angle guidance lights, and more.
- In addition to being known as "Takamatsu Airport", other names for TAK include "高松空港" and "Takamatsu Kūkō".
- Because of Takamatsu Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Takamatsu 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.
- Takamatsu Airport (TAK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Takamatsu Airport (TAK) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Takamatsu Airport (meaning Takamatsu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,050 miles (19,393 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12.05 miles (19.40 km) ENE | Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) | Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |     |
| 2 | 27.36 miles (44.03 km) SW | NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) | Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 3 | 30.08 miles (48.41 km) NNW | Weeze Airport (NRN) | Weeze, Niederrhein, Germany | |
| 4 | 31.33 miles (50.42 km) SSW | Merzbrück Airfield (AAH) | Aachen, Germany | |
| 5 | 37.46 miles (60.28 km) SE | Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 6 | 38.33 miles (61.69 km) SW | Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) | Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands | |
| 7 | 45.80 miles (73.71 km) NW | Volkel Air Base (UDE) | Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands | |
| 8 | 51.08 miles (82.21 km) WNW | Eindhoven Airport (EIN) | Eindhoven, Netherlands | |
| 9 | 51.76 miles (83.30 km) ENE | Dortmund Airport (DTM) | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 10 | 61.74 miles (99.37 km) SW | Liège Airport (LGG) | Liège, Wallonia, Belgium | |
| 11 | 71.68 miles (115.36 km) WNW | Gilze-Rijen Air Base (GLZ) | Breda, Netherlands | |
| 12 | 74.09 miles (119.24 km) NNE | Enschede Airport Twente (ENS) | Enschede, Netherlands | |
| 13 | 75.77 miles (121.94 km) W | Zoersel-Oostmalle Airfield (OBL) | Zoersel / Oostmalle, Belgium | |
| 14 | 77.59 miles (124.88 km) ESE | Siegerland Airport (SGE) | Burbach, Germany | |
| 15 | 80.49 miles (129.53 km) NE | Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) | Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,905.93 miles (19,160.68 km) SSE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,608.70 miles (18,682.34 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,606.46 miles (18,678.74 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,594.42 miles (18,659.37 km) SE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,587.05 miles (18,647.50 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,583.50 miles (18,641.78 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,577.68 miles (18,632.43 km) SE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,559.41 miles (18,603.02 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,555.66 miles (18,596.99 km) SE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,554.46 miles (18,595.06 km) ESE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,548.24 miles (18,585.04 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,547.73 miles (18,584.22 km) ESE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,537.63 miles (18,567.97 km) SE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,536.98 miles (18,566.93 km) SE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,524.08 miles (18,546.17 km) ESE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 38.60 miles (62.12 km) NNW | Okayama Airport (OKJ) | Okayama, Japan | |
| 2 | 50.25 miles (80.86 km) SSW | Kōchi Airport (KCZ) | Kōchi, Japan | |
| 3 | 64.40 miles (103.64 km) WNW | Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) | Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan | |
| 4 | 71.10 miles (114.42 km) ENE | Kansai International Airport (KIX) | Osaka, Japan | |
| 5 | 74.69 miles (120.21 km) ENE | Kobe Airport (UKB) | Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan | |
| 6 | 79.96 miles (128.68 km) WSW | Matsuyama Airport (MYJ) | Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan | |
| 7 | 86.21 miles (138.75 km) ESE | Nanki-Shirahama Airport (SHM) | Shirahama, Japan | |
| 8 | 90.13 miles (145.05 km) ENE | Osaka International Airport (ITM) | Itami (near Osaka), Japan | |
| 9 | 90.13 miles (145.05 km) ENE | Osaka International Airport (OSA) | Osaka, Japan | |
| 10 | 98.74 miles (158.90 km) NNW | Miho-Yonago Airport (YGJ) | Yonago, Tottori, Japan | |
| 11 | 104.61 miles (168.36 km) NW | Izumo Airport (IZO) | Izumo, Shimane, Japan | |
| 12 | 130.75 miles (210.42 km) WNW | Iwami Airport (IWJ) | Masuda, Shimane, Japan, Japan | |
| 13 | 140.25 miles (225.70 km) WSW | Oita Airport (OIT) | Oita, Japan | |
| 14 | 157.86 miles (254.05 km) W | Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) | Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan | |
| 15 | 164.90 miles (265.37 km) ENE | Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,050.27 miles (19,392.98 km) ESE | Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG) | Rio Grande, Brazil | |
| 2 | 12,030.52 miles (19,361.20 km) ESE | Pelotas International Airport (PET) | Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 3 | 12,016.00 miles (19,337.83 km) SE | Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 4 | 12,006.89 miles (19,323.16 km) SSE | Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) | Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 5 | 11,959.79 miles (19,247.37 km) SSE | Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz International Airport (FLN) | Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 6 | 11,951.13 miles (19,233.42 km) E | Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT) | Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | |
| 7 | 11,943.90 miles (19,221.79 km) ESE | Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ) | Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay | |
| 8 | 11,926.39 miles (19,193.62 km) ESE | Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (BGX) | Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 9 | 11,924.82 miles (19,191.09 km) SSE | Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) | Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 10 | 11,916.59 miles (19,177.84 km) E | Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP) | Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay | |
| 11 | 11,909.84 miles (19,166.98 km) ESE | Cerro Largo International Airport (VCH) | Vichadero, Rivera, Uruguay | |
| 12 | 11,905.77 miles (19,160.44 km) SSE | Navegantes Airport (NVT) | Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 13 | 11,888.49 miles (19,132.63 km) ESE | Santa Maria Airport (RIA) | Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 14 | 11,879.78 miles (19,118.61 km) SE | Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) | Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 15 | 11,863.54 miles (19,092.47 km) E | Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD) | Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay | |