Nonstop flight route between Nagoya, Japan and Sacramento, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO), Nagoya, Japan and Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR), Sacramento, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,324 miles (or 8,569 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 Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Sacramento Mather 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 Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Sacramento Mather Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO):

• Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) is Nagoya Airfield (NKM), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of NGO.
• When the airport opened on 17 February 2005, it took over almost all of the existing Nagoya Airport 's commercial flights, and relieved Tokyo and Kansai areas of cargo shipments.
• The airport announced in March 2013 that it would open a second 30,000 m² terminal for low-cost airlines by summer 2014.
• Because of Chūbu Centrair International Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Chūbu Centrair 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.
• In 2008, Jetstar withdrew from the airport, and Continental Airlines ended its Honolulu flights.
• In 2012, Garuda Indonesia withdrew from the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Chūbu Centrair International Airport", other names for NGO include "中部国際空港" and "Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō".
• The furthest airport from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,886 miles (19,128 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chūbu region of Japan.
• American Airlines operated a Nagoya-Chicago route for less than seven months in 2005, but said the service was "not as profitable as we had hoped."

Facts about Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR):

• Because of Sacramento Mather Airport's relatively low elevation of 96 feet, planes can take off or land at Sacramento Mather 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.
• Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR) has 2 runways.
• On February 17, 2000 an Emery Worldwide DC-8 cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from this airport.
• The closest airport to Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR) is Sacramento Airport McClellan Airfield (MCC), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NW of MHR.
• The furthest airport from Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,278 miles (18,150 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.