Nonstop flight route between Springvale, Queensland, Australia and Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Springvale Airport (KSV), Springvale, Queensland, Australia and Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,470 miles (or 5,585 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 Springvale Airport and Minami-Daito 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 Springvale Airport and Minami-Daito Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KSV / YSPV |
Airport Name: | Springvale Airport |
Location: | Springvale, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°32'35"S by 140°42'11"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from KSV |
More Information: | KSV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MMD / ROMD |
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Location: | Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°50'48"N by 131°15'48"E |
Operator/Owner: | Okinawa Prefecture |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 159 feet (48 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MMD |
More Information: | MMD Maps & Info |
Facts about Springvale Airport (KSV):
- The closest airport to Springvale Airport (KSV) is Boulia Airport (BQL), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) NW of KSV.
- The furthest airport from Springvale Airport (KSV) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,419 miles (18,376 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
Facts about Minami-Daito Airport (MMD):
- Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) is Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), which is nearly antipodal to Minami-Daito Airport (meaning Minami-Daito Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- The original Minamidaito Airport began as an air base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1934.
- In addition to being known as "Minami-Daito Airport", other names for MMD include "南大東空港" and "Minamidaitō Kūkō".
- The closest airport to Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) is Kitadaito Airport (KTD), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNE of MMD.
- Because of Minami-Daito Airport's relatively low elevation of 159 feet, planes can take off or land at Minami-Daito 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.