Nonstop flight route between Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia and Nanning, Guangxi, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cessnock Airport (CES), Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia and Nanning Wuxu International Airport (NNG), Nanning, Guangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,770 miles (or 7,676 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 Cessnock Airport and Nanning Wuxu International 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 Cessnock Airport and Nanning Wuxu International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cessnock Airport (CES):

• The furthest airport from Cessnock Airport (CES) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Cessnock Airport (meaning Cessnock Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,087 miles (19,451 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
• Cessnock Airport (CES) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Cessnock Airport's relatively low elevation of 211 feet, planes can take off or land at Cessnock 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.
• Built by the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 during World War II named as RAAF Base Pokolbin, as part of a system of parent and satellite aerodromes proposed throughout New South Wales.
• The closest airport to Cessnock Airport (CES) is Maitland Airport (MTL), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) NE of CES.

Facts about Nanning Wuxu International Airport (NNG):

• During World War II, the airport was known as Nanning Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign.
• The closest airport to Nanning Wuxu International Airport (NNG) is Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY), which is located 103 miles (166 kilometers) SE of NNG.
• Because of Nanning Wuxu International Airport's relatively low elevation of 420 feet, planes can take off or land at Nanning Wuxu International 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.
• Nanning Wuxu International Airport handled 7,032,312 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Nanning Wuxu International Airport (NNG) is Carolina Airport (CLN), which is nearly antipodal to Nanning Wuxu International Airport (meaning Nanning Wuxu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Carolina Airport), and is located 12,338 miles (19,856 kilometers) away in Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Nanning Wuxu International Airport", other names for NNG include "Nanzningz Vuzhih Gozci Gihcangz南宁吴圩国际机场" and "Nánníng Wúxū Guójì Jīchǎng".
• The new terminal under construction is scheduled to be finished in 2012.
• Nanning Wuxu International Airport (NNG) currently has only 1 runway.