Nonstop flight route between Hachinohe, Honshū, Japan and Yaoundé, Cameroon:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE), Hachinohe, Honshū, Japan and Yaoundé Airport (YAO), Yaoundé, Cameroon would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,036 miles (or 12,933 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 JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base and Yaoundé 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 JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base and Yaoundé Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HHE / RJSH |
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Location: | Hachinohe, Honshū, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°33'6"N by 141°28'1"E |
Operator/Owner: | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 152 feet (46 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HHE |
More Information: | HHE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YAO / FKKY |
Airport Name: | Yaoundé Airport |
Location: | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°50'9"N by 11°31'23"E |
Operator/Owner: | Cameroon Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 2464 feet (751 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YAO |
More Information: | YAO Maps & Info |
Facts about JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE):
- Because of JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base's relatively low elevation of 152 feet, planes can take off or land at JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base 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.
- With the start of the Korean War in 1950, the base was turned over to the Japanese National Police Reserve, the immediate predecessor to the Japan Defense Agency.
- JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base is currently the headquarters of the JMSDF Fleet Air Wing 2, which is equipped with Kawasaki-Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, and which is responsible for patrols of the seaward approaches to northern Japan.
- JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE) is Misawa Air Base 三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō (MSJ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNW of HHE.
- The furthest airport from JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (HHE) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,480 miles (18,476 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base", other names for HHE include "八戸航空基地" and "Hachinohe Koku-kichi".
Facts about Yaoundé Airport (YAO):
- The furthest airport from Yaoundé Airport (YAO) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Yaoundé Airport (meaning Yaoundé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,202 miles (19,638 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Yaoundé Airport (YAO) is Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SSE of YAO.
- Yaoundé Airport (YAO) currently has only 1 runway.