Located in the west Pacific, the Northern Marianas' principal island of Saipan is served by major ocean shipping and international air carriers with scheduled connections to:

• Tokyo and other major Japanese cities - 1,272 miles (2,000 km ) northwest;
• Hong Kong - 1,842 miles, (2,947 km.) west;
• Taipei - 1,484 miles, (2,400 km.) northwest;
• Seoul - 2,000 miles (3,200 km.) northwest;
• Guam - 120 miles (192 km.) south;
• Hawaii - 3,226 miles (5,162 km.) east and the mainland
• United States - 5,530 miles (8,848 km.) east.

Saipan is 15 degrees 15 minutes North Latitude by 145 degrees 45 minutes East Longitude.

The CNMI airports comply with all local and Federal Aviation Administration regulations.