Nonstop flight route between Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan and Sebring, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan and Sebring Regional Airport (SEF), Sebring, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,163 miles (or 13,137 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 Minami-Daito Airport and Sebring Regional 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 Minami-Daito Airport and Sebring Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Minami-Daito Airport (MMD):

• In addition to being known as "Minami-Daito Airport", other names for MMD include "南大東空港" and "Minamidaitō Kūkō".
• Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was relocated to its present location and upgraded to accommodate larger flights in July 1997 with the present 1500 meter 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.
• Only a round flight from Naha, to Minami-Daito and Kitadaitō, back to Naha is operated everyday.
• The original Minamidaito Airport began as an air base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1934.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) is Kitadaito Airport (KTD), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNE of MMD.

Facts about Sebring Regional Airport (SEF):

• DayJet formerly flew into Sebring Regional Airport through an on-demand system, providing direct flights to approximately one dozen cities.
• The furthest airport from Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,510 miles (18,523 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Sebring Regional Airport is a public use airport located six nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Sebring, a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States.
• In 1940, Sebring Officials and citizens contacted their Florida congressional delegation to see about getting an Army base in the area.
• In December 1950, the first sports car endurance race was held, and since then the world famous 12 Hours of Sebring Grand Prix of Endurance has been held in March each year, with the race track taking the East-West ramp and the closed Runway 9/27, along with some streets of the former air base-turned commerce park.
• Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) is Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NW of SEF.
• Because of Sebring Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Sebring Regional 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.