Nonstop flight route between Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina and Okinawa, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA), Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina and Naha Airport (OKA), Okinawa, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,812 miles (or 19,010 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 General Justo José de Urquiza Airport and Naha 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 General Justo José de Urquiza Airport and Naha Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA):

• In addition to being known as "General Justo José de Urquiza Airport", another name for PRA is "Aeropuerto de Entre Ríos "General Justo José de Urquiza"".
• The furthest airport from General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA) is Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX), which is nearly antipodal to General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (meaning General Justo José de Urquiza Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Changzhou Benniu Airport), and is located 12,420 miles (19,988 kilometers) away in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
• Because of General Justo José de Urquiza Airport's relatively low elevation of 243 feet, planes can take off or land at General Justo José de Urquiza 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.
• General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA) is Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) SSW of PRA.

Facts about Naha Airport (OKA):

• Oroku Aerodrome, an Imperial Japanese Navy airfield, opened in 1933.
• In addition to being known as "Naha Airport", other names for OKA include "那覇空港" and "Naha Kūkō".
• 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 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.
• 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 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.
• Naha Airport (OKA) currently has only 1 runway.
• All Nippon Airways operates an overnight cargo hub at Naha Airport, which receives inbound Boeing 767 freighter flights from key destinations in Japan, China and Southeast Asia between 1 and 4 a.m., followed by return flights between 4 and 6 a.m., allowing overnight service between these regional hubs as well as onward connections to other ANA and partner carrier flights.