Nonstop flight route between Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States and Sugawa, Fukushima, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States and Fukushima Airport (FKS), Sugawa, Fukushima, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,482 miles (or 10,432 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 Pittsburgh International Airport and Fukushima 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 Pittsburgh International Airport and Fukushima Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT):

• The airport has flights to Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, and Europe.
• The 1956 airport diagram shows runway 10/28 7500 ft, 5/23 5766 ft and 14/32 5965 ft.
• The closest airport to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is Forbes Field (FOE), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of PIT.
• Circa 1940 the Works Progress Administration decided the Pittsburgh area needed a military airport to defend the industrial wealth of the area and to provide a training base and stop-over facility.
• Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) has 4 runways.
• The landside terminal is the building closer to the parking areas and the entry point for passengers whose flights originate from Pittsburgh.
• The first five airlines of the Greater Pittsburgh Airport were TWA, Capital Airlines, Northwest, All American, and Eastern Airlines.
• The furthest airport from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,481 miles (18,477 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• After passing through the security checkpoint, passengers board one of two underground people movers that travel to the Airside Terminal, where all departure gates are located.
• In 1972 rotundas were added to the end of each dock to expand the number of gates.

Facts about Fukushima Airport (FKS):

• The closest airport to Fukushima Airport (FKS) is Utsunomiya Air Field (QUT), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) SSW of FKS.
• Fukushima Airport was conceived in the late 1970s, and planning at the prefectural level began in 1981.
• Fukushima Airport, is an airport serving Sukagawa, a city in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan.
• Fukushima Airport (FKS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport remained operational during and following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011, and temporarily saw increased domestic service during the closure of the Tōhoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line to Tokyo.
• In addition to being known as "Fukushima Airport", other names for FKS include "福島空港" and "Fukushima Kūkō".
• The furthest airport from Fukushima Airport (FKS) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,639 miles (18,731 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.