Nonstop flight route between Natori, Japan and Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sendai Airport (SDJ), Natori, Japan and Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (FEW), Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,569 miles (or 8,963 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 Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, 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 Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sendai Airport (SDJ):

• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Sendai Airport", other names for SDJ include "仙台空港" and "Sendai Kūkō".
• The Sendai Airport Line, which connects the airport to Sendai Station, opened on 18 March 2007.
• 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.
• Sendai Airport is an airport located in Natori, Miyagi, 13.6 km south southeast of Sendai Station,Sendai, Japan.
• Sendai Airport (SDJ) has 2 runways.
• The Sendai Airport Line rail link was completed on 18 March 2007 and began service between Sendai Station and Sendai Airport Station.
• Because of the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami, all scheduled service were suspended from 11 March 2011 until 13 April 2011.
• The closest airport to Sendai Airport (SDJ) is Yamagata Airport (GAJ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WNW of SDJ.

Facts about Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (FEW):

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• The furthest airport from Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (FEW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,806 miles (17,390 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Francis E. Warren Air Force Base", another name for FEW is "Francis E. Warren AFB".
• On 7 October 1949, Fort Francis E.
• Warren AFB is the oldest continuously active military installation within the Air Force, established in 1867 by the United States Army as Fort David Allen Russell.
• The 90th Missile Wing was activated 1 July 1963, with the original designation as 90th Strategic Missile Wing.
• The closest airport to Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (FEW) is Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) ENE of FEW.
• In 1906, Secretary of War William Howard Taft recommended Fort Russell expand to a brigade-size post.
• The 389th Air Base Group was established on 1 February 1958 to take control of the former ATC facilities as part of the transfer to Strategic Air Command.