Nonstop flight route between Osaka, Japan and Bari, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Osaka International Airport (OSA), Osaka, Japan and Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI), Bari, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,907 miles (or 9,507 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 Osaka International Airport and Bari Karol Wojtyła 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 Osaka International Airport and Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Osaka International Airport (OSA):

• There were originally plans to close Itami Airport following the opening of Kansai, but nearby communities opposed such a move for economic reasons, so Itami was retained as a domestic-only airport after Kansai opened in 1994.
• In its heyday Itami was served by a variety of major international carriers, including Pan Am, British Airways, Air India, Cathay Pacific and Korean Air.
• The closest airport to Osaka International Airport (OSA) is Osaka International Airport (ITM), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of OSA.
• In addition to being known as "Osaka International Airport", other names for OSA include "Itami International Airport", "大阪国際空港", "Ōsaka Kokusai Kūkō", "ITM" and "RJOO".
• Osaka International Airport (OSA) has 2 runways.
• Because of Osaka International Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Osaka 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 February 1974, the Osaka District Court issued a qualified ruling in favor of the plaintiffs which limited the scope of their damages.
• The policy of the Japanese government has been to limit operations at Itami in order to spur development at Kansai and Kobe.
• New Kansai International Airport Corporation, which owns both Itami Airport and Kansai Airport, plans to sell operating concessions for both airports during fiscal year 2014 in order to repay Kansai Airport's outstanding debt burden of 1.2 trillion yen.
• The furthest airport from Osaka International Airport (OSA) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,960 miles (19,248 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.

Facts about Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI):

• The furthest airport from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,739 miles (18,892 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 1981 a new building was completed, originally intended to be used as cargo terminal, but it became in fact the airport's new passengers terminal.
• However, the traffic increase showed the infrastructural limitations of the airport and in 2002 the founding stone of the new passenger terminal was laid out.
• Because of Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Bari Karol Wojtyła 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 addition to being known as "Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport", another name for BRI is "Aeroporto di Bari-Karol Wojtyła".
• Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport handled 3,780,112 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) is Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (TAR), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) SE of BRI.
• Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) has 2 runways.