Nonstop flight route between Niamey, Niger and Kōchi, Japan:
Departure Airport:
(13°28'54"N by 2°10'13"E)
Arrival Airport:
(33°32'45"N by 133°40'9"E)
Distance from NIM to KCZ:
7,882.97 miles (12,686.38 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM), Niamey, Niger and Kōchi Airport (KCZ), Kōchi, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,883 miles (or 12,686 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 Diori Hamani International Airport and Kōchi 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 Diori Hamani International Airport and Kōchi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NIM / DRRN |
| Airport Name: | Diori Hamani International Airport |
| Location: | Niamey, Niger |
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°28'54"N by 2°10'13"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Government |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 732 feet (223 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NIM |
| More Information: | NIM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KCZ / RJOK |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Kōchi, Japan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°32'45"N by 133°40'9"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Japan |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 29 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KCZ |
| More Information: | KCZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM):
- Diori Hamani International Airport handled 154,460 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM) is Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT), which is nearly antipodal to Diori Hamani International Airport (meaning Diori Hamani International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport), and is located 12,377 miles (19,919 kilometers) away in Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
- Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM) has 2 runways.
- Diori Hamani International Airport is an airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger.
- Because of Diori Hamani International Airport's relatively low elevation of 732 feet, planes can take off or land at Diori Hamani 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 Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM) is Kantchari Airport (XKA), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) SSW of NIM.
Facts about Kōchi Airport (KCZ):
- In addition to being known as "Kōchi Airport", another name for KCZ is "高知空港".
- On 13 March 2007, All Nippon Airways Flight 1603, a Bombardier Dash 8, bound from Osaka to Kōchi, landed safely at the Kochi Airport after the front wheel of the plane failed to deploy.
- Because of Kōchi Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Kōchi 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 Kōchi Airport (KCZ) is Takamatsu Airport (TAK), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) NNE of KCZ.
- The furthest airport from Kōchi Airport (KCZ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Kōchi Airport (meaning Kōchi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,083 miles (19,446 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- Kōchi Airport (KCZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The runway was expanded in 1960 and 1980 and later to 2,500 metres to handle larger aircraft.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 83.75 miles (134.78 km) SSW | Kantchari Airport (XKA) | Kantchari, Burkina Faso |     |
| 2 | 101.57 miles (163.46 km) SSW | Diapaga Airport (DIP) | Diapaga, Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | 112.02 miles (180.28 km) W | Sebba Airport (XSE) | Sebba, Burkina Faso | |
| 4 | 138.32 miles (222.60 km) SSW | Arly Airport (ARL) | Arly, Burkina Faso | |
| 5 | 154.66 miles (248.89 km) WNW | Dori Airport (DOR) | Dori, Burkina Faso | |
| 6 | 157.23 miles (253.04 km) SW | Fada N'Gourma Airport (FNG) | Fada N'gourma, Burkina Faso | |
| 7 | 160.67 miles (258.57 km) WSW | Bogandé Airport (XBG) | Bogande, Burkina Faso | |
| 8 | 168.91 miles (271.84 km) WNW | Tambao Airport (TMQ) | Tambao, Burkina Faso | |
| 9 | 169.61 miles (272.96 km) SSE | Kandi Airport (KDC) | Kandi, Benin | |
| 10 | 173.67 miles (279.50 km) WNW | Gorom Gorom Airport (XGG) | Gorom Gorom, Burkina Faso | |
| 11 | 183.12 miles (294.70 km) SSW | Pama Airport (XPA) | Pama, Burkina Faso | |
| 12 | 192.93 miles (310.49 km) WSW | Boulsa Airport (XBO) | Boulsa, Burkina Faso | |
| 13 | 206.94 miles (333.04 km) SW | Tenkodogo Airport (TEG) | Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso | |
| 14 | 211.82 miles (340.89 km) WNW | Aribinda Airport (XAR) | Aribinda, Burkina Faso | |
| 15 | 221.39 miles (356.29 km) SSW | Boundétingou Airport (NAE) | Natitingou, Benin | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,377.32 miles (19,919.31 km) SSE | Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT) | Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands | |
| 2 | 12,326.25 miles (19,837.13 km) W | Wallis Island (WLS) | Wallis and Futuna Islands | |
| 3 | 12,230.72 miles (19,683.39 km) SW | Mata'aho Airport (NFO) | Niuafo'ou, Tonga | |
| 4 | 12,157.12 miles (19,564.94 km) SE | Labasa Airport (LBS) | Labasa, Fiji | |
| 5 | 12,125.65 miles (19,514.30 km) SSE | Cicia Airport (ICI) | Cicia, Fiji | |
| 6 | 12,113.10 miles (19,494.10 km) SE | Koro Airport (KXF) | Koro Island, Fiji | |
| 7 | 12,087.30 miles (19,452.58 km) W | Asau Airport (AAU) | Asau, Samoa | |
| 8 | 12,066.78 miles (19,419.55 km) SE | Levuka Airfield (LEV) | Bureta, Ovalau Island, Fiji | |
| 9 | 12,062.24 miles (19,412.25 km) W | Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS) | Maota, Samoa | |
| 10 | 12,055.81 miles (19,401.90 km) SSE | Moala Airport (MFJ) | Moala, Moala Islands, Fiji | |
| 11 | 12,054.18 miles (19,399.28 km) SE | Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) | Yasawa Island, Fiji | |
| 12 | 12,045.22 miles (19,384.85 km) W | Faleolo International Airport (APW) | Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa | |
| 13 | 12,040.62 miles (19,377.45 km) SE | Suva International Airport (SUV) | Suva / Nausori, Viti Levu, Fiji | |
| 14 | 12,039.38 miles (19,375.46 km) SSE | Funafuti International Airport (FUN) | Funafuti, Tuvalu | |
| 15 | 12,027.29 miles (19,356.00 km) W | Fagali'i Airport (FGI) | Apia, Samoa | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 50.25 miles (80.86 km) NNE | Takamatsu Airport (TAK) | Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan | |
| 2 | 59.04 miles (95.01 km) WNW | Matsuyama Airport (MYJ) | Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan | |
| 3 | 75.02 miles (120.73 km) NW | Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) | Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan | |
| 4 | 84.33 miles (135.72 km) N | Okayama Airport (OKJ) | Okayama, Japan | |
| 5 | 97.87 miles (157.51 km) E | Nanki-Shirahama Airport (SHM) | Shirahama, Japan | |
| 6 | 108.56 miles (174.71 km) NE | Kansai International Airport (KIX) | Osaka, Japan | |
| 7 | 111.40 miles (179.29 km) W | Oita Airport (OIT) | Oita, Japan | |
| 8 | 116.40 miles (187.32 km) NE | Kobe Airport (UKB) | Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan | |
| 9 | 132.50 miles (213.23 km) NE | Osaka International Airport (ITM) | Itami (near Osaka), Japan | |
| 10 | 132.50 miles (213.23 km) NE | Osaka International Airport (OSA) | Osaka, Japan | |
| 11 | 132.87 miles (213.83 km) NW | Iwami Airport (IWJ) | Masuda, Shimane, Japan, Japan | |
| 12 | 136.45 miles (219.60 km) NNW | Izumo Airport (IZO) | Izumo, Shimane, Japan | |
| 13 | 136.75 miles (220.08 km) N | Miho-Yonago Airport (YGJ) | Yonago, Tottori, Japan | |
| 14 | 139.90 miles (225.15 km) WNW | Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) | Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan | |
| 15 | 157.79 miles (253.93 km) W | Kokura Airport (KKJ) | Kita Kyūshū, Kyūshū, Japan | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,083.37 miles (19,446.25 km) ESE | Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG) | Rio Grande, Brazil | |
| 2 | 12,065.53 miles (19,417.53 km) ESE | Pelotas International Airport (PET) | Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 3 | 12,061.28 miles (19,410.69 km) SE | Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 4 | 12,056.86 miles (19,403.58 km) SSE | Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) | Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 5 | 12,009.89 miles (19,328.00 km) SSE | Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz International Airport (FLN) | Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 6 | 11,974.59 miles (19,271.18 km) SSE | Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) | Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 7 | 11,973.70 miles (19,269.76 km) E | Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT) | Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | |
| 8 | 11,971.88 miles (19,266.82 km) E | Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ) | Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay | |
| 9 | 11,959.65 miles (19,247.15 km) ESE | Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (BGX) | Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 10 | 11,955.78 miles (19,240.92 km) SSE | Navegantes Airport (NVT) | Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 11 | 11,940.59 miles (19,216.48 km) ESE | Cerro Largo International Airport (VCH) | Vichadero, Rivera, Uruguay | |
| 12 | 11,929.29 miles (19,198.28 km) ESE | Santa Maria Airport (RIA) | Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 13 | 11,928.08 miles (19,196.33 km) ESE | Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP) | Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay | |
| 14 | 11,926.52 miles (19,193.82 km) SE | Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) | Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 15 | 11,909.74 miles (19,166.82 km) SSE | Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI) | Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |