Nonstop flight route between Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan and Bossembélé, Central African Republic:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kobe Airport (UKB), Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan and Bossembélé Airport (BEM), Bossembélé, Central African Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,538 miles (or 12,132 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 Kobe Airport and Bossembélé 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 Kobe Airport and Bossembélé Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kobe Airport (UKB):

• Kobe Airport (UKB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The construction of the airport was stalled for lack of funding until 1995, when it won national government support as a means for recovering the Kobe economy in the wake of the great Hanshin earthquake.
• The furthest airport from Kobe Airport (UKB) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,976 miles (19,273 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• On February 2, 2006, Kobe Airport Station was connected to Sannomiya Station in central Kobe by an extension of the existing Port Liner automated guideway transit system, using 2000 series trains as well as some older 8000 series trains.
• The closest airport to Kobe Airport (UKB) is Kansai International Airport (KIX), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) S of UKB.
• The Transport Ministry has capped scheduled domestic operations at 30 daily flights, and has banned international flights with the exception of private aircraft and "own use" charters, in order to prevent overcrowding in the area's airspace and to protect the growth of Kansai Airport.
• Because of Kobe Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kobe 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.
• Kobe Airport is an airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, 8 km south of Sannomiya StationJapan.
• In addition to being known as "Kobe Airport", other names for UKB include "神戸空港" and "Kōbe Kūkō".
• Some international charter flights also use Kobe Airport.

Facts about Bossembélé Airport (BEM):

• The furthest airport from Bossembélé Airport (BEM) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Bossembélé Airport (meaning Bossembélé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,071 miles (19,427 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• In addition to being known as "Bossembélé Airport", another name for BEM is "Bossembélé Airport (Bossembélé)".
• The closest airport to Bossembélé Airport (BEM) is Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) SE of BEM.