Halfway between Seattle and Tokyo
The midpoint of the shortest route between Seattle and Tokyo is over the Bering Sea.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 53.420° N 177.419° W
- Great-circle distance
- 7,697km
- 4,783 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 9h 33min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 301°
- from Seattle, true north
- Nearest large city
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Russia · 1,586 km
- Shortest route (great circle)
- Straight line on a flat map
- True midpoint
- Where the flat map puts it
Flat-map illusion
Flat-map error
1,356km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 1,356 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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