Nonstop flight route between Ovda, Israel and Fukuoka, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ovda Airport (VDA), Ovda, Israel and Fukuoka Airport (FUK), Fukuoka, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,394 miles (or 8,681 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 Ovda Airport and Fukuoka 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 Ovda Airport and Fukuoka Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VDA / LLOV |
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Location: | Ovda, Israel |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°56'25"N by 34°56'8"E |
Area Served: | Eilat, Israel |
Operator/Owner: | IAA |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 1492 feet (455 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from VDA |
More Information: | VDA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FUK / RJFF |
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Location: | Fukuoka, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°35'3"N by 130°27'6"E |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Bureau Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 30 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FUK |
More Information: | FUK Maps & Info |
Facts about Ovda Airport (VDA):
- The furthest airport from Ovda Airport (VDA) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,788 miles (18,970 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- In 1988 a decision was made that international flights bringing tourists to Eilat would land at Ovda, instead of at Eilat.
- The airport is expected to cease civilian flights once Eilat's new international airport in Timna opens.
- Ovda Airport (VDA) has 2 runways.
- Ovda Airport handled 136,791 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Ovda Airport", another name for VDA is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה עוֹבְדָה".
- Ovda Airport started out as an airbase for the Israeli Air Force, constructed by the United States as a replacement for Etzion Air Force Base.
- The closest airport to Ovda Airport (VDA) is Yotvata Airfield (YOT), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of VDA.
Facts about Fukuoka Airport (FUK):
- During the Korean War, Itazuke was a major combat airfield for the USAF.
- In addition to being known as "Fukuoka Airport", other names for FUK include "福岡空港" and "Fukuoka KūkōItazuke Air Base".
- Because of Fukuoka Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Fukuoka 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 38th Bomb Group remained at Itazuke until October 1946 also during with time several reconstruction units worked on the former IJAAF base rebuilding and constructing new facilities.
- The closest airport to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) is Saga Airport (HSG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SSW of FUK.
- After the 1953 Armistice in Korea, the wartime combat units were slowly withdrawn back to the United States or reassigned to other airfields in Japan and South Korea.
- The furthest airport from Fukuoka Airport (FUK) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Fukuoka Airport (meaning Fukuoka Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,253 miles (19,719 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
- As of July 2013, the Japanese government is considering building a second 2,800 m parallel runway within the existing airfield at a cost of 180 billion yen, two-thirds of which would be borne by the national government and the remaining third of which would be borne by the local government, but which would be defrayed by selling the rights to operate the airport to a private company.
- Fukuoka Airport (FUK) currently has only 1 runway.
- Fukuoka's first civilian air service was Japan Airlines' Fukuoka-Osaka-Tokyo service, which commenced in 1951.