Nonstop flight route between Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan and Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom:
Departure Airport:
(45°24'15"N by 141°48'7"E)
Arrival Airport:
(53°51'57"N by 1°39'38"W)
Distance from WKJ to LBA:
5,248.90 miles (8,447.26 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wakkanai Airport (WKJ), Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan and Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA), Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,249 miles (or 8,447 kilometers).
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Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WKJ / RJCW |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 45°24'15"N by 141°48'7"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 27 feet (8 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WKJ |
| More Information: | WKJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LBA / EGNM |
| Airport Name: | Leeds Bradford International Airport |
| Location: | Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 53°51'57"N by 1°39'38"W |
| Area Served: | West and North Yorkshire |
| Operator/Owner: | Bridgepoint Capital |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 681 feet (208 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LBA |
| More Information: | LBA Maps & Info |
Facts about Wakkanai Airport (WKJ):
- The closest airport to Wakkanai Airport (WKJ) is Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport (MBE), which is located 109 miles (176 kilometers) SE of WKJ.
- In addition to being known as "Wakkanai Airport", other names for WKJ include "稚内空港" and "Wakkanai Kūkō".
- Wakkanai is the northernmost airport in Japan which is capable of handling jet aircraft.
- Because of Wakkanai Airport's relatively low elevation of 27 feet, planes can take off or land at Wakkanai 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 airport is located on Japan National Route 238 approx.
- Wakkanai Airport (WKJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Wakkanai Airport (WKJ) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 11,446 miles (18,420 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.
Facts about Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA):
- The furthest airport from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,780 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Significant improvements were made to the aerodrome.
- Because of Leeds Bradford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 681 feet, planes can take off or land at Leeds Bradford 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.
- Leeds Bradford International Airport handled 3,318,358 passengers last year.
- Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Aircraft that would have been based at Yeadon.
- The airport lost its direct link with London in March 2009 when BMI ceased its route to London Heathrow.
- The closest airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SSE of LBA.
- In August 1986, an Air France Concorde charter flight from Paris landed at Leeds Bradford for the first time, and an estimated 60,000 people were there to see it.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 109.25 miles (175.82 km) SE | Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport (MBE) | Monbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan |     |
| 2 | 111.49 miles (179.42 km) NNE | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS) | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia | |
| 3 | 123.92 miles (199.44 km) SSE | Asahikawa Airport (AKJ) | Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan | |
| 4 | 156.73 miles (252.23 km) SE | Memanbetsu Airport (MMB) | Kitami, Japan | |
| 5 | 181.74 miles (292.48 km) S | New Chitose Airport (CTS) | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | |
| 6 | 197.46 miles (317.79 km) SSE | Tokachi-Obihiro Airport (OBO) | Obihiro, Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan | |
| 7 | 200.37 miles (322.46 km) SE | Nakashibetsu Airport (SHB) | Nakashibetsu, Japan | |
| 8 | 201.68 miles (324.58 km) SE | Kushiro Airport (KUH) | Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan | |
| 9 | 255.86 miles (411.76 km) SSW | Hakodate Airport (HKD) | Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan | |
| 10 | 258.84 miles (416.57 km) SSW | Okushiri Airport (OIR) | Okushiri, Okushiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan | |
| 11 | 325.41 miles (523.69 km) S | Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ) | Misawa, Aomori, Japan | |
| 12 | 327.59 miles (527.21 km) S | Aomori Airport (AOJ) | Aomori, Japan | |
| 13 | 335.70 miles (540.26 km) S | JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE) | Hachinohe, Honshū, Japan | |
| 14 | 367.36 miles (591.21 km) SSW | Odate-Noshiro Airport (ONJ) | Kitaakita, Akita, Japan | |
| 15 | 379.03 miles (609.99 km) NW | Khabarovsk Novy Airport (KHV) | Khabarovsk, Russia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,445.74 miles (18,420.09 km) ESE | Port Stanley Airport (PSY) | Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | |
| 2 | 11,415.57 miles (18,371.54 km) ESE | RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) | Falkland Islands | |
| 3 | 11,315.45 miles (18,210.41 km) ESE | Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ) | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | |
| 4 | 11,312.85 miles (18,206.22 km) ESE | Miramar Airport (MJR) | Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 5 | 11,312.37 miles (18,205.44 km) ESE | Villa Gesell Airport (VLG) | Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 6 | 11,288.52 miles (18,167.06 km) ESE | Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP) | Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay | |
| 7 | 11,278.58 miles (18,151.07 km) ESE | Necochea Airport (NEC) | Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 8 | 11,251.41 miles (18,107.34 km) SE | Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG) | Rio Grande, Brazil | |
| 9 | 11,249.44 miles (18,104.17 km) ESE | Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD) | Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| 10 | 11,234.00 miles (18,079.33 km) SE | Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT) | Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | |
| 11 | 11,225.06 miles (18,064.93 km) SE | Pelotas International Airport (PET) | Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 12 | 11,212.93 miles (18,045.42 km) ESE | Tandil Airport (TDL) | Tandil, Argentina | |
| 13 | 11,204.74 miles (18,032.24 km) ESE | Tres Arroyos Airport (OYO) | Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | |
| 14 | 11,193.41 miles (18,014.00 km) SE | Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ) | Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay | |
| 15 | 11,177.21 miles (17,987.93 km) ESE | La Plata Airport (LPG) | La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 34.46 miles (55.46 km) SSE | Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) | Sheffield, England, United Kingdom | |
| 2 | 38.10 miles (61.32 km) SE | Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) | Doncaster, England, United Kingdom | |
| 3 | 43.43 miles (69.90 km) SW | Manchester Airport (MAN) | Manchester, United Kingdom | |
| 4 | 45.41 miles (73.07 km) NNE | Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) | Teesside, England, United Kingdom | |
| 5 | 50.60 miles (81.43 km) W | Warton Aerodrome (WRT) | Warton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | |
| 6 | 56.17 miles (90.40 km) W | Blackpool International Airport (BLK) | Blackpool, England, United Kingdom | |
| 7 | 57.22 miles (92.09 km) ESE | Humberside Airport (HUY) | North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom | |
| 8 | 61.07 miles (98.28 km) SW | Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) | Liverpool, England, United Kingdom | |
| 9 | 66.16 miles (106.48 km) ESE | RAF Binbrook (GSY) | Grimsby, England, United Kingdom | |
| 10 | 67.73 miles (108.99 km) WNW | Barrow/Walney Island Airport (BWF) | Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom | |
| 11 | 72.01 miles (115.90 km) SW | Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG) | Chester, England, United Kingdom | |
| 12 | 72.82 miles (117.19 km) S | East Midlands Airport (EMA) | Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom | |
| 13 | 80.98 miles (130.33 km) N | Newcastle Airport (NCL) | Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom | |
| 14 | 81.42 miles (131.04 km) SE | RAF Coningsby (QCY) | Coningsby, England, United Kingdom | |
| 15 | 87.25 miles (140.41 km) NNW | Carlisle Lake District Airport (CAX) | Carlisle, England, United Kingdom | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,780.39 miles (18,958.66 km) SE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,778.43 miles (18,955.50 km) SE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,758.12 miles (18,922.81 km) SE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,741.78 miles (18,896.52 km) SSE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,717.49 miles (18,857.43 km) SE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,703.29 miles (18,834.58 km) SSW | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,702.66 miles (18,833.56 km) SSE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,690.25 miles (18,813.58 km) SE | Queenstown Airport (ZQN) | Queenstown, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,687.77 miles (18,809.59 km) SSE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,685.12 miles (18,805.34 km) SE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,673.10 miles (18,785.98 km) SSE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,655.25 miles (18,757.26 km) SSE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,648.64 miles (18,746.62 km) SE | Milford Sound Airport (MFN) | Milford Sound, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,646.67 miles (18,743.46 km) SSE | Mount Cook Airport (MON) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,625.14 miles (18,708.80 km) SSE | Fox Glacier Aerodrome (FGL) | Fox Glacier, New Zealand | |