Nonstop flight route between Tainan City, Taiwan, Republic of China and Sivas, Turkey:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tainan Airport (TNN), Tainan City, Taiwan, Republic of China and Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS), Sivas, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,873 miles (or 7,842 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 Tainan Airport and Sivas Nuri Demirağ 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 Tainan Airport and Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tainan Airport (TNN):

• In addition to being known as "Tainan Airport", other names for TNN include "臺南航空站台南機場" and "Táinán HángkōngzhànTáinán Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Tainan Airport (TNN) is Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (KHH), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SSE of TNN.
• The furthest airport from Tainan Airport (TNN) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Tainan Airport (meaning Tainan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,355 miles (19,883 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
• On 24 February 1969, Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104, a Handley Page Dart Herald with 36 passengers and crew board, crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Tainan.
• Because of Tainan Airport's relatively low elevation of 63 feet, planes can take off or land at Tainan 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.
• A number of US units have been stationed at Tainan Air Base, including the 868th Tactical Missile Squadron from 1958 to 1962, which operated MGM-1 Matadors, probably under the ultimate control of the United States Taiwan Defense Command.
• On 21 March 2003, TransAsia Airways flight 543 on a flight from Taipei Songshan Airport to Tainan Airport, collided with a truck that was on runway 36R.
• Tainan Airport (TNN) has 2 runways.

Facts about Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS):

• The closest airport to Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS) is Tokat Airport (TJK), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) NW of VAS.
• The furthest airport from Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,191 miles (18,009 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport's high elevation of 5,222 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at VAS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make VAS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.