Nonstop flight route between Okinawa, Japan and Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naha Airport (OKA), Okinawa, Japan and Gjoa Haven Airport (YHK), Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,526 miles (or 8,893 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 Naha Airport and Gjoa Haven 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 Naha Airport and Gjoa Haven Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Naha Airport (OKA):

• Naha Airport (OKA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Naha Airport", other names for OKA include "那覇空港" and "Naha Kūkō".
• The airport is served by the Okinawa Monorail which carries passengers from Naha-kūkō Station to the center of Naha, and to the terminal at Shuri Station near Shuri Castle.
• Oroku Aerodrome, an Imperial Japanese Navy airfield, opened in 1933.
• The furthest airport from Naha Airport (OKA) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is nearly antipodal to Naha Airport (meaning Naha Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Paulo Abdala Airport), and is located 12,392 miles (19,943 kilometers) away in Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Naha Airport (OKA) is Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) NE of OKA.
• Air America operated interisland flights to Miyako and Ishigaki from 1964 to 1967, when Southwest Airlines took over these routes.
• Because of Naha Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Naha 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 basic and detailed design engineering works in addition to the later construction management phase of the main passenger terminal were awarded in the 1990s in part to the Japan Branch of the American design-build engineering company, The Austin Company, which joined Japanese firms in a joint venture design consortium.

Facts about Gjoa Haven Airport (YHK):

• The closest airport to Gjoa Haven Airport (YHK) is Taloyoak Airport (YYH), which is located 84 miles (136 kilometers) NE of YHK.
• Gjoa Haven Airport (YHK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Gjoa Haven Airport (YHK) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 9,773 miles (15,727 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Gjoa Haven Airport's relatively low elevation of 154 feet, planes can take off or land at Gjoa Haven 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.