Nonstop flight route between Okushiri, Okushiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan and Bălţi, Moldova:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Okushiri Airport (OIR), Okushiri, Okushiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan and Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport (BZY), Bălţi, Moldova would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,959 miles (or 7,980 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 Okushiri Airport and Bălți-Leadoveni 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 Okushiri Airport and Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Okushiri Airport (OIR):

• Okushiri Airport (OIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Okushiri Airport (OIR) is Hakodate Airport (HKD), which is located 74 miles (120 kilometers) ESE of OIR.
• The furthest airport from Okushiri Airport (OIR) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is located 11,508 miles (18,520 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• In addition to being known as "Okushiri Airport", other names for OIR include "奥尻空港" and "Okushiri Kūkō".
• Because of Okushiri Airport's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Okushiri 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.

Facts about Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport (BZY):

• According to the former plans, it was planned to build two terminals, one for passenger and another for cargo service, as well as one control tower.
• The closest airport to Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport (BZY) is Iași International Airport (IAS), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) S of BZY.
• Important development perspectives appear for Bălți International Airport also in the cargo field, which would generate economic growth for the whole northern region of Moldova, but even possibly for the neighboring regions of Ukraine and Romania.
• The furthest airport from Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport (BZY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,243 miles (18,093 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport", another name for BZY is "Aeroportul Internațional Leadoveni".
• Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport (BZY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The Bălți International Airport is situated in the northern part of the former Bălţi County, on the land of the commune of Corlăteni in Râşcani district.
• Because of Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport's relatively low elevation of 758 feet, planes can take off or land at Bălți-Leadoveni 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.
• As Moldova was experiencing economic crisis in the 1990s, the re-construction and modernization plans of the airport, as well as the whole aviation industry, were put on hold.
• One third of all passengers on the daily route Chișinău-Frankfurt am Main come from Bălți and the northern districts of Moldova.