Nonstop flight route between Willows, California, United States and Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan:
Departure Airport:
(39°30'56"N by 122°13'1"W)
Arrival Airport:
(31°52'37"N by 131°26'54"E)
Distance from WLW to KMI:
5,615.18 miles (9,036.74 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Willows-Glenn County Airport (WLW), Willows, California, United States and Miyazaki Airport (KMI), Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,615 miles (or 9,037 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 Willows-Glenn County Airport and Miyazaki 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 Willows-Glenn County Airport and Miyazaki Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WLW / KWLW |
| Airport Name: | Willows-Glenn County Airport |
| Location: | Willows, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°30'56"N by 122°13'1"W |
| Area Served: | Willows, California |
| Operator/Owner: | County of Glenn |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 141 feet (43 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WLW |
| More Information: | WLW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KMI / RJFM |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°52'37"N by 131°26'54"E |
| Area Served: | Miyazaki Prefecture |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 19 feet (6 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KMI |
| More Information: | KMI Maps & Info |
Facts about Willows-Glenn County Airport (WLW):
- Because of Willows-Glenn County Airport's relatively low elevation of 141 feet, planes can take off or land at Willows-Glenn County 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 closest airport to Willows-Glenn County Airport (WLW) is Chico Municipal Airport (CIC), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NE of WLW.
- The furthest airport from Willows-Glenn County Airport (WLW) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,255 miles (18,114 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Willows-Glenn County Airport (WLW) has 2 runways.
- The War Department acquired 318.2 acres by a lease with Glenn County, California, in 1942.
Facts about Miyazaki Airport (KMI):
- The airport is connected to various locations by bus.
- Miyazaki Airport (KMI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Miyazaki Airport (KMI) is Salgado Filho International Airport (POA), which is nearly antipodal to Miyazaki Airport (meaning Miyazaki Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salgado Filho International Airport), and is located 12,234 miles (19,689 kilometers) away in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Miyazaki Airport", another name for KMI is "宮崎空港".
- The closest airport to Miyazaki Airport (KMI) is Kagoshima Airport (KOJ), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) W of KMI.
- On October 1969, All Nippon Airways Flight 104 overran a runway at Miyazaki Airport by 132 metres.
- Because of Miyazaki Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Miyazaki 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.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 27.15 miles (43.70 km) NE | Chico Municipal Airport (CIC) | Chico, California, United States |     |
| 2 | 31.79 miles (51.16 km) E | Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE) | Oroville, California, United States | |
| 3 | 43.91 miles (70.67 km) N | Red Bluff Municipal Airport (RBL) | Red Bluff, California, United States | |
| 4 | 45.08 miles (72.56 km) SE | Yuba County Airport (MYV) | Marysville, California, United States | |
| 5 | 49.29 miles (79.33 km) ESE | Beale Air Force Base (BAB) | Marysville, California, United States | |
| 6 | 59.08 miles (95.08 km) WSW | Ukiah Municipal Airport (UKI) | Ukiah, California, United States | |
| 7 | 65.88 miles (106.02 km) SSE | Sacramento International Airport (SMF) | Sacramento, California, United States | |
| 8 | 68.73 miles (110.61 km) N | Redding Municipal AirportRedding Army Airfield (RDD) | Redding, California, United States | |
| 9 | 72.08 miles (116.01 km) ESE | Auburn Municipal Airport (AUN) | Auburn, California, United States | |
| 10 | 73.15 miles (117.73 km) SE | Sacramento Airport McClellan Airfield (MCC) | Sacramento, California, United States | |
| 11 | 76.57 miles (123.22 km) SSW | Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS) | Santa Rosa, California, United States | |
| 12 | 79.47 miles (127.90 km) SSE | Sacramento Executive Airport (SAC) | Sacramento, California, United States | |
| 13 | 79.82 miles (128.46 km) S | Nut Tree Airport (VCB) | Vacaville, California, United States | |
| 14 | 82.19 miles (132.28 km) E | Blue Canyon–Nyack Airport (BLU) | Emigrant Gap, California, United States | |
| 15 | 82.79 miles (133.23 km) SE | Sacramento Mather Airport (MHR) | Sacramento, California, United States | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,255.43 miles (18,113.82 km) SE | Tôlanaro Airport (FTU) | Tôlanaro, Madagascar | |
| 2 | 11,172.02 miles (17,979.57 km) S | Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE) | Saint-Pierre, Réunion | |
| 3 | 11,162.66 miles (17,964.52 km) SE | Ampanihy Airport (AMP) | Ampanihy, Madagascar | |
| 4 | 11,142.91 miles (17,932.73 km) S | Roland Garros Airport (RUN) | St Denis, Réunion, France | |
| 5 | 11,118.08 miles (17,892.78 km) S | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) | Plaisance, Mauritius | |
| 6 | 11,054.33 miles (17,790.17 km) SSE | Mananjary Airport (MNJ) | Mananjary, Madagascar | |
| 7 | 11,038.19 miles (17,764.20 km) SSE | Fianarantsoa Airport (WFI) | Fianarantsoa, Madagascar | |
| 8 | 11,031.92 miles (17,754.11 km) SSW | Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG) | Rodrigues Island, Mauritius | |
| 9 | 10,962.07 miles (17,641.70 km) SE | Andavadoaka Airport (DVD) | Andavadoaka, Toliara province, Atsimo-Andrefana region, Madagascar | |
| 10 | 10,955.17 miles (17,630.59 km) SE | Manja Airport (MJA) | Manja, Menabe, Madagascar | |
| 11 | 10,944.63 miles (17,613.63 km) SE | Morombe Airport (MXM) | Morombe, Madagascar | |
| 12 | 10,878.79 miles (17,507.67 km) SSE | Ivato International Airport (TNR) | Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
| 13 | 10,875.19 miles (17,501.87 km) SSE | Miandrivazo Airport (ZVA) | Miandrivazo, Madagascar | |
| 14 | 10,874.85 miles (17,501.34 km) SSE | Toamasino Airport (TMM) | Toamasina, Madagascar | |
| 15 | 10,856.73 miles (17,472.17 km) SSE | Belo sur Tsiribihina Airport (BMD) | Belo sur Tsiribihina, Madagascar | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 43.25 miles (69.60 km) W | Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| 2 | 74.82 miles (120.42 km) NNW | Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) | Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan | |
| 3 | 110.41 miles (177.69 km) NW | Saga Airport (HSG) | Saga, Kyūshū, Japan | |
| 4 | 111.97 miles (180.19 km) N | Oita Airport (OIT) | Oita, Japan | |
| 5 | 113.15 miles (182.09 km) SSW | Yakushima Airport (KUM) | Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | |
| 6 | 114.80 miles (184.75 km) NW | Nagasaki Airport (NGS) | Nagasaki, Japan | |
| 7 | 131.42 miles (211.50 km) NNW | Fukuoka Airport (FUK) | Fukuoka, Japan | |
| 8 | 138.46 miles (222.83 km) NNW | Kokura Airport (KKJ) | Kita Kyūshū, Kyūshū, Japan | |
| 9 | 142.18 miles (228.81 km) N | Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) | Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan | |
| 10 | 153.05 miles (246.31 km) NNE | Matsuyama Airport (MYJ) | Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan | |
| 11 | 161.40 miles (259.75 km) NW | Iki Airport (IKI) | Iki, Iki Island, Japan | |
| 12 | 162.25 miles (261.11 km) WNW | Fukue Airport (FUJ) | Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan | |
| 13 | 173.10 miles (278.57 km) NE | Kōchi Airport (KCZ) | Kōchi, Japan | |
| 14 | 194.41 miles (312.87 km) N | Iwami Airport (IWJ) | Masuda, Shimane, Japan, Japan | |
| 15 | 196.20 miles (315.75 km) NNE | Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) | Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,234.24 miles (19,689.04 km) SE | Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 2 | 12,224.65 miles (19,673.62 km) E | Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG) | Rio Grande, Brazil | |
| 3 | 12,214.57 miles (19,657.40 km) E | Pelotas International Airport (PET) | Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 4 | 12,212.87 miles (19,654.66 km) SSE | Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) | Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 5 | 12,146.13 miles (19,547.25 km) S | Florianópolis-Hercílio Luz International Airport (FLN) | Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 6 | 12,135.47 miles (19,530.09 km) SSE | Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) | Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 7 | 12,108.13 miles (19,486.10 km) E | Comandante Gustavo Kraemer International Airport (BGX) | Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 8 | 12,103.44 miles (19,478.54 km) E | Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ) | Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay | |
| 9 | 12,099.23 miles (19,471.77 km) SE | Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) | Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 10 | 12,097.00 miles (19,468.19 km) ESE | Santa Maria Airport (RIA) | Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 11 | 12,091.38 miles (19,459.13 km) S | Navegantes Airport (NVT) | Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 12 | 12,087.19 miles (19,452.40 km) ESE | Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT) | Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | |
| 13 | 12,082.28 miles (19,444.49 km) E | Cerro Largo International Airport (VCH) | Vichadero, Rivera, Uruguay | |
| 14 | 12,069.70 miles (19,424.26 km) SE | Erechim Airport (ERM) | Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 15 | 12,065.16 miles (19,416.94 km) SSE | Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) | Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |