Nonstop flight route between Natori, Japan and Alghero, Sardinia, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sendai Airport (SDJ), Natori, Japan and Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO), Alghero, Sardinia, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,227 miles (or 10,021 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 Sendai Airport and Alghero-Fertilia 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 Sendai Airport and Alghero-Fertilia Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

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Facts about Sendai Airport (SDJ):

• Because of Sendai Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Sendai 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 control tower, Tokyo Regional Civil Aviation Bureau office and Air Cargo Terminal are located on the west side of the main terminal building.
• To the south side of the airport are the facilities for small private aircraft, helipads and aircraft hangars.
• The main passenger terminal building was designed by Japanese American architect Gyo Obata, of the St.
• The furthest airport from Sendai Airport (SDJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,588 miles (18,650 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• To reopen the airport, on 16 March 2011 a team from the United States Air Force's 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base parachuted into Matsushima, Miyagi, then moved overland to the airport.
• Sendai Airport (SDJ) has 2 runways.
• In 1940, the Imperial Japanese Army built Sendai Airport in order to use it for the Kumakaya Army Flight School, Masda Branch School Trainee Training Center.
• The airport can be accessed by car via Sendai-Tobu Toll Road via Route 20.
• In 1992, Runway B was extended further to 2,500 metres and 5 years later, in 1997, a new terminal was opened.
• In addition to being known as "Sendai Airport", other names for SDJ include "仙台空港" and "Sendai Kūkō".
• The closest airport to Sendai Airport (SDJ) is Yamagata Airport (GAJ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WNW of SDJ.

Facts about Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO):

• The closest airport to Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO) is Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB), which is located 67 miles (107 kilometers) ENE of AHO.
• 30 March 2009, Alghero Airport became a Ryanair hub, with two aircraft with their crews based there.
• Alghero-Fertilia Airport handled 1,518,870 passengers last year.
• The airport opened in March 1938 as a military airport.
• The furthest airport from Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Alghero-Fertilia Airport (meaning Alghero-Fertilia Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,109 miles (19,488 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport can be reached from the city via the Strada Statale 42 and from the rest of the island via the SS 131 Carlo Felice Highway and the SS 291.
• In addition to being known as "Alghero-Fertilia Airport", another name for AHO is "Aeroporto di Alghero-Fertilia".
• Because of Alghero-Fertilia Airport's relatively low elevation of 87 feet, planes can take off or land at Alghero-Fertilia 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.
• On 23 November 2007 management of the airport was transferred to SO.GE.A.AL.