Nonstop flight route between Mouila, Gabon and Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mouila Airport (MJL), Mouila, Gabon and Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,140 miles (or 13,100 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 Mouila Airport and Minami-Daito 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 Mouila Airport and Minami-Daito Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MJL / FOGM |
Airport Name: | Mouila Airport |
Location: | Mouila, Gabon |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°50'53"S by 11°3'28"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from MJL |
More Information: | MJL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MMD / ROMD |
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Location: | Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°50'48"N by 131°15'48"E |
Operator/Owner: | Okinawa Prefecture |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 159 feet (48 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MMD |
More Information: | MMD Maps & Info |
Facts about Mouila Airport (MJL):
- Because of Mouila Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Mouila 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 Mouila Airport (MJL) is Gamba Airport (GAX), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) SW of MJL.
- The furthest airport from Mouila Airport (MJL) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Mouila Airport (meaning Mouila Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,065 miles (19,417 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
Facts about Minami-Daito Airport (MMD):
- The closest airport to Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) is Kitadaito Airport (KTD), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNE of MMD.
- Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) is Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), which is nearly antipodal to Minami-Daito Airport (meaning Minami-Daito Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Minami-Daito Airport", other names for MMD include "南大東空港" and "Minamidaitō Kūkō".
- Because of Minami-Daito Airport's relatively low elevation of 159 feet, planes can take off or land at Minami-Daito 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.
- Only a round flight from Naha, to Minami-Daito and Kitadaitō, back to Naha is operated everyday.