Pacific Great Circle route

E212739

air route great circle route shipping route

The Pacific Great Circle route is the shortest navigational path across the North Pacific Ocean commonly used by transoceanic flights and shipping between North America and East Asia.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
North Pacific air corridor	1
North Pacific aviation routes	1
North Pacific maritime routes	1
North Pacific shipping routes	1
Pacific Great Circle route canonical	1
Pacific Ocean shipping routes	1
Pacific trade corridor	1
Trans-Pacific shipping lanes	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air route ⓘ great circle route ⓘ shipping route ⓘ
appliesTo	intercontinental shipping lanes ⓘ long‑haul flights ⓘ
basedOn	great circle navigation ⓘ
characteristic	shortest navigational path between North America and East Asia across the North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
connects	East Asia ⓘ North America ⓘ
constrainedBy	airspace restrictions ⓘ ocean traffic separation schemes ⓘ political boundaries ⓘ
contrastedWith	rhumb line route ⓘ
hasAdvantage	reduced fuel consumption ⓘ reduced travel time ⓘ shorter distance than rhumb line routes ⓘ
hasRisk	exposure to severe North Pacific storms ⓘ heavy seas for ships ⓘ potential icing conditions for aircraft ⓘ
liesOn	surface of the Earth ⓘ
navigatedUsing	global positioning system ⓘ inertial navigation systems ⓘ spherical trigonometry ⓘ
oftenPassesNear	Alaska ⓘ Aleutian Islands ⓘ Bering Sea ⓘ surface form: Bering Sea region Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
optimizedBy	flight management systems ⓘ voyage planning software ⓘ
relatedTo	great circle distance ⓘ orthodrome ⓘ
requires	careful flight planning ⓘ careful marine navigation ⓘ
subjectTo	North Pacific weather systems ⓘ jet stream influences ⓘ polar air masses ⓘ
traverses	Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean
usedBetween	Canada and East Asia ⓘ West Coast of the United States and China ⓘ West Coast of the United States and Japan ⓘ West Coast of the United States and South Korea ⓘ
usedBy	airlines ⓘ bulk carriers ⓘ cargo ships ⓘ container ships ⓘ
usedFor	transoceanic flights ⓘ transoceanic shipping ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North to the Orient → mainSubject → Pacific Great Circle route ⓘ

Northwest Seaport Alliance → isPartOf → Pacific Great Circle route ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific trade corridor

Golden Gate Strait → partOfShippingRoute → Pacific Great Circle route ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trans-Pacific shipping lanes

Mount Cleveland → threatTo → Pacific Great Circle route ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific aviation routes

Unalaska Island → strategicImportance → Pacific Great Circle route ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific shipping routes

Atka Island → strategicImportance → Pacific Great Circle route ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific maritime routes

Port of Tokyo → partOf → Pacific Great Circle route ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean shipping routes

Seoul–Hong Kong → geographicalArea → Pacific Great Circle route ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific air corridor