Nonstop flight route between Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan and Bangor, Maine, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan and Bangor International Airport (BGR), Bangor, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,597 miles (or 10,617 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 Matsumoto Airport and Bangor International 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 Matsumoto Airport and Bangor International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MMJ / RJAF | 
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| Location: | Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°10'0"N by 137°55'22"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Nagano Prefecture | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2157 feet (657 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from MMJ | 
| More Information: | MMJ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGR / KBGR | 
| Airport Name: | Bangor International Airport | 
| Location: | Bangor, Maine, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°48'25"N by 68°49'41"W | 
| Area Served: | Bangor, Maine | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 192 feet (59 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BGR | 
| More Information: | BGR Maps & Info | 
Facts about Matsumoto Airport (MMJ):
- Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) currently has only 1 runway.
 - In addition to being known as "Matsumoto Airport", another name for MMJ is "松本空港".
 - The furthest airport from Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,795 miles (18,982 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
 - The closest airport to Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) is Toyama Airport (TOY), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) NW of MMJ.
 
Facts about Bangor International Airport (BGR):
- Because of Bangor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 192 feet, planes can take off or land at Bangor International 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 Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Old Town Municipal Airport (OLD), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NE of BGR.
 - Bangor also had mainline scheduled jets on Northeast Airlines, and subsequently Delta in the 1970s with flights to PWM and BOS.
 - In April 2008, the airport received a US$2.9 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to upgrade the terminal building and aviation equipment.
 - Pilots often use Bangor to prepare aggressive fuel estimates for transatlantic flights to North American destinations, since they can divert to Bangor if the fuel load proves insufficient.
 - Bangor International Airport began as Godfrey Field in the 1920s, on land owned by local attorney Edward Rawson Godfrey.
 - The furthest airport from Bangor International Airport (BGR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,670 miles (18,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
 - In October 1969, a Trans World Airlines plane that had been hijacked in California refueled in Bangor on its way to Rome, where the hijacker was captured.
 - Bangor International Airport (BGR) currently has only 1 runway.
 
