Nonstop flight route between Osaka, Japan and Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Osaka International Airport (OSA), Osaka, Japan and Cozumel International Airport (CZM), Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,712 miles (or 12,411 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 Cozumel 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 Osaka International Airport and Cozumel 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 Osaka International Airport (OSA):

• Despite its "international" designation, the airport's scheduled passenger air traffic is entirely domestic.
• Itami Airport opened as No.
• 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 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".
• 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.
• Osaka International Airport (OSA) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• 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.
• The policy of the Japanese government has been to limit operations at Itami in order to spur development at Kansai and Kobe.
• The airport is often called Itami Airport because most of its land is located in Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture.

Facts about Cozumel International Airport (CZM):

• In 2012, the airport handled 457,269 passengers and in 2013 it handled 449,871 passengers.
• Because of Cozumel International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Cozumel 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.
• Cozumel International Airport (CZM) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Cozumel International Airport", another name for CZM is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Cozumel".
• The closest airport to Cozumel International Airport (CZM) is Cancún International Airport (CUN), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) N of CZM.
• The furthest airport from Cozumel International Airport (CZM) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,810 miles (19,006 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.