Nonstop flight route between Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan and Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ), Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan and Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,765 miles (or 10,887 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 Yamaguchi Ube Airport and Fort Wayne International 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 Yamaguchi Ube Airport and Fort Wayne International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ):

• The closest airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) is Kokura Airport (KKJ), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of UBJ.
• In addition to being known as "Yamaguchi Ube Airport", other names for UBJ include "山口宇部空港" and "Yamaguchi Ube Kūkō".
• The furthest airport from Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Yamaguchi Ube Airport (meaning Yamaguchi Ube Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,200 miles (19,634 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Yamaguchi Ube Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Yamaguchi Ube 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.

Facts about Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA):

• The furthest airport from Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,226 miles (18,066 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport was built at a cost of $10 million as a U.S.
• The closest airport to Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Smith Field (SMD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) N of FWA.
• In addition to Delta, United, and later American, locally-based Hub Airlines and other regional airlines flew to the airport in the 1960s and 1970s.
• In 1991 Baer Field was renamed Fort Wayne International Airport.
• The Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum in the terminal recounts early aviation history in Northeastern Indiana.
• Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) has 3 runways.
• Fort Wayne International Airport and the Fort Wayne – Allen County Airport Authority introduced a new website in February 2013.
• Because of Fort Wayne International Airport's relatively low elevation of 814 feet, planes can take off or land at Fort Wayne International 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 2006 a modernized 210 feet air traffic control tower was opened on the south side of Fort Wayne International Airport, at a price of $9.7 million.