Nonstop flight route between Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan and Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russia:
Departure Airport:
(34°12'51"N by 134°0'56"E)
Arrival Airport:
(51°51'0"N by 47°45'0"E)
Distance from TAK to BWO:
4,256.92 miles (6,850.84 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Takamatsu Airport (TAK), Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan and Balakovo Airport (BWO), Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,257 miles (or 6,851 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 Takamatsu Airport and Balakovo 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 Takamatsu Airport and Balakovo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TAK / RJOT |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°12'51"N by 134°0'56"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 607 feet (185 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TAK |
| More Information: | TAK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWO / UWSB |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°51'0"N by 47°45'0"E |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 95 feet (29 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BWO |
| More Information: | BWO Maps & Info |
Facts about Takamatsu Airport (TAK):
- Takamatsu Airport (TAK) currently has only 1 runway.
- Almost all the airplanes that come from domestic destinations are Boeing 767 or A320 model airplanes.
- Because of Takamatsu Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Takamatsu 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 furthest airport from Takamatsu Airport (TAK) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Takamatsu Airport (meaning Takamatsu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,050 miles (19,393 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Takamatsu Airport", other names for TAK include "高松空港" and "Takamatsu Kūkō".
- The closest airport to Takamatsu Airport (TAK) is Okayama Airport (OKJ), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) NNW of TAK.
- It is equipped with an Instrument Landing System, VHF Omni-directional Radio Range, Distance Measuring Equipment, Airport Surveillance Radar, approach lights, precision approach angle guidance lights, and more.
Facts about Balakovo Airport (BWO):
- Because of Balakovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Balakovo 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.
- In addition to being known as "Balakovo Airport", another name for BWO is "Аэропорт Балаково".
- Balakovo Airport (BWO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Balakovo Airport (BWO) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 10,444 miles (16,809 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Balakovo Airport (BWO) is Tsentralny Airport (RTW), which is located 76 miles (122 kilometers) WSW of BWO.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 38.60 miles (62.12 km) NNW | Okayama Airport (OKJ) | Okayama, Japan |     |
| 2 | 50.25 miles (80.86 km) SSW | Kōchi Airport (KCZ) | Kōchi, Japan | |
| 3 | 64.40 miles (103.64 km) WNW | Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) | Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan | |
| 4 | 71.10 miles (114.42 km) ENE | Kansai International Airport (KIX) | Osaka, Japan | |
| 5 | 74.69 miles (120.21 km) ENE | Kobe Airport (UKB) | Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan | |
| 6 | 79.96 miles (128.68 km) WSW | Matsuyama Airport (MYJ) | Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan | |
| 7 | 86.21 miles (138.75 km) ESE | Nanki-Shirahama Airport (SHM) | Shirahama, Japan | |
| 8 | 90.13 miles (145.05 km) ENE | Osaka International Airport (ITM) | Itami (near Osaka), Japan | |
| 9 | 90.13 miles (145.05 km) ENE | Osaka International Airport (OSA) | Osaka, Japan | |
| 10 | 98.74 miles (158.90 km) NNW | Miho-Yonago Airport (YGJ) | Yonago, Tottori, Japan | |
| 11 | 104.61 miles (168.36 km) NW | Izumo Airport (IZO) | Izumo, Shimane, Japan | |
| 12 | 130.75 miles (210.42 km) WNW | Iwami Airport (IWJ) | Masuda, Shimane, Japan, Japan | |
| 13 | 140.25 miles (225.70 km) WSW | Oita Airport (OIT) | Oita, Japan | |
| 14 | 157.86 miles (254.05 km) W | Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) | Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan | |
| 15 | 164.90 miles (265.37 km) ENE | Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,050.27 miles (19,392.98 km) ESE | Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG) | Rio Grande, Brazil | |
| 2 | 12,030.52 miles (19,361.20 km) ESE | Pelotas International Airport (PET) | Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 3 | 12,016.00 miles (19,337.83 km) SE | Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 4 | 12,006.89 miles (19,323.16 km) SSE | Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) | Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 5 | 11,959.79 miles (19,247.37 km) SSE | Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz International Airport (FLN) | Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 6 | 11,951.13 miles (19,233.42 km) E | Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT) | Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | |
| 7 | 11,943.90 miles (19,221.79 km) ESE | Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ) | Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay | |
| 8 | 11,926.39 miles (19,193.62 km) ESE | Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (BGX) | Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 9 | 11,924.82 miles (19,191.09 km) SSE | Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) | Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 10 | 11,916.59 miles (19,177.84 km) E | Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP) | Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay | |
| 11 | 11,909.84 miles (19,166.98 km) ESE | Cerro Largo International Airport (VCH) | Vichadero, Rivera, Uruguay | |
| 12 | 11,905.77 miles (19,160.44 km) SSE | Navegantes Airport (NVT) | Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 13 | 11,888.49 miles (19,132.63 km) ESE | Santa Maria Airport (RIA) | Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 14 | 11,879.78 miles (19,118.61 km) SE | Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) | Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 15 | 11,863.54 miles (19,092.47 km) E | Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD) | Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 75.54 miles (121.57 km) WSW | Tsentralny Airport (RTW) | Saratov, Russia | |
| 2 | 144.51 miles (232.56 km) NW | Penza Airport (PEZ) | Penza, Russia | |
| 3 | 152.21 miles (244.96 km) NE | Kurumoch International Airport (KUF) | Samara, Russia | |
| 4 | 168.83 miles (271.71 km) N | Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport (ULV) | Ulyanovsk, Russia | |
| 5 | 170.12 miles (273.79 km) ESE | Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA) | Oral (Uralsk), Kazakhstan | |
| 6 | 181.58 miles (292.23 km) NNE | Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport (ULY) | Ulyanovsk, Russia | |
| 7 | 189.25 miles (304.57 km) NNW | Saransk Airport (SKX) | Saransk, Russia | |
| 8 | 259.73 miles (417.99 km) SW | Volgograd International Airport (VOG) | Volgograd, Russia | |
| 9 | 266.99 miles (429.67 km) NNE | Kazan International Airport (KZN) | Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia | |
| 10 | 272.66 miles (438.80 km) WNW | Tambov Donskoye Airport (TBW) | Tambov, Russia | |
| 11 | 284.10 miles (457.21 km) NE | Bugulma Airport (UUA) | Bugulma, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia | |
| 12 | 293.41 miles (472.20 km) N | Cheboksary Airport (CSY) | Cheboksary, Chuvashia, Russia | |
| 13 | 294.17 miles (473.41 km) NE | Oktyabrsky Airport (OKT) | Oktyabrsky, Bashkortostan, Russia | |
| 14 | 311.96 miles (502.06 km) NNE | Begishevo Airport (NBC) | Nizhnekamsk/Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia | |
| 15 | 328.99 miles (529.46 km) E | Tsentralny Airport (REN) | Orenburg, Russia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 10,444.35 miles (16,808.51 km) S | Totegegie Airport (GMR) | Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 2 | 10,360.37 miles (16,673.36 km) SW | Mataveri International Airport (IPC) | Easter Island, Chile | |
| 3 | 10,347.53 miles (16,652.69 km) E | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 10,262.74 miles (16,516.23 km) SSE | Tureira Airport (ZTA) | Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 5 | 10,163.29 miles (16,356.19 km) SE | Rurutu Airport (RUR) | Rurutu, French Polynesia | |
| 6 | 10,159.17 miles (16,349.56 km) SSE | Nukutavake Airport (NUK) | Nukutavake, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 7 | 10,103.92 miles (16,260.64 km) S | Pukarua Airport (PUK) | Pukarua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 8 | 10,055.51 miles (16,182.74 km) SSE | Hao Airport (HOI) | Hao, Tuamotu Island, French Polynesia | |
| 9 | 9,956.44 miles (16,023.30 km) WSW | Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT) | Puerto Natales, Chile | |
| 10 | 9,955.49 miles (16,021.76 km) SE | Mangaia Island Airport (MGS) | Mangaia Island, Cook Islands | |
| 11 | 9,945.22 miles (16,005.24 km) SSE | Anaa Airport (AAA) | Anaa, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 12 | 9,929.43 miles (15,979.83 km) WSW | Presidente Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ) | Punta Arenas, Chile | |
| 13 | 9,921.39 miles (15,966.88 km) SSE | Makemo Airport (MKP) | Makemo, French Polynesia | |
| 14 | 9,907.90 miles (15,945.18 km) E | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 9,907.84 miles (15,945.08 km) WSW | Lago Argentino Airport (ING) | El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |