Nonstop flight route between Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ), Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Kerama Airport (KJP), Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,326 miles (or 11,790 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 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Kerama 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 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Kerama Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ):

• At its annual meeting on September 3, 2009, the TPA announced that it would rename the airport after William Avery "Billy" Bishop, a Canadian First World War flying ace.
• In addition to being known as "Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport", another name for YTZ is "Toronto Island Airport".
• Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) has 3 runways.
• By 1974, the annual operating deficit of running the airport had reached $300,000 per year, $130,000 of it in operating the Maple City ferry.
• The furthest airport from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,411 miles (18,364 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport's relatively low elevation of 252 feet, planes can take off or land at Billy Bishop Toronto City 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 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) is Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) WNW of YTZ.
• The site of the airport had been home to a baseball stadium, numerous cottages, amusement park attractions and the regatta course.
• The Toronto Harbour Commission made plans to expand the airport so as to achieve self-sufficiency, as it was dependent on subsidies from the City of Toronto.

Facts about Kerama Airport (KJP):

• The furthest airport from Kerama Airport (KJP) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is nearly antipodal to Kerama Airport (meaning Kerama Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Paulo Abdala Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,977 kilometers) away in Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil.
• Kerama Airport (KJP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kerama Airport's relatively low elevation of 156 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerama 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 Kerama Airport (KJP) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) E of KJP.
• In addition to being known as "Kerama Airport", other names for KJP include "慶良間空港" and "Kerama Kūkō".