Nonstop flight route between Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Hakodate Airport (HKD), Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,144 miles (or 8,278 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Hakodate 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Hakodate Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC):

• For several years the new field was used mainly for training and aerobatic flights.
• The airport handled 156,319 metric tonnes of cargo in 2008.
• The closest airport to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Skypark Airport (BTF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of SLC.
• Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has 4 runways.
• During the 1980s the airport saw further expansion to both terminals as well as runway extension.
• Because of Salt Lake City International Airport's high elevation of 4,227 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The Utah Air National Guard operates Salt Lake City Air National Guard Base on the east side of the airport.
• Salt Lake City International Airport handled 20,102,078 passengers last year.
• As air travel became more popular and the United States Air Force established a base at the airport during World War II, a third runway was added.

Facts about Hakodate Airport (HKD):

• In addition to being known as "Hakodate Airport", other names for HKD include "函館空港" and "Hakodate Kūkō".
• The closest airport to Hakodate Airport (HKD) is Aomori Airport (AOJ), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) S of HKD.
• Hakodate Airport (HKD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Hakodate Airport, is an airport located 7.6 km east of Hakodate Station in Hakodate, a city in Hokkaidō, Japan.
• The furthest airport from Hakodate Airport (HKD) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,458 miles (18,440 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Because of Hakodate Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Hakodate 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.