Nonstop flight route between Chaoyang, Liaoning, China and Sofia, Bulgaria:
Departure Airport:
(41°32'17"N by 120°26'6"E)
Arrival Airport:
(42°41'42"N by 23°24'29"E)
Distance from CHG to SOF:
4,665.20 miles (7,507.89 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chaoyang Airport (CHG), Chaoyang, Liaoning, China and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF), Sofia, Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,665 miles (or 7,508 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 Chaoyang Airport and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna, 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 Chaoyang Airport and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CHG / ZYCY |
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| Location: | Chaoyang, Liaoning, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°32'17"N by 120°26'6"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Liaoning Airport Management Group Co. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 568 feet (173 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CHG |
| More Information: | CHG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SOF / LBSF |
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| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| GPS Coordinates: | 42°41'42"N by 23°24'29"E |
| Area Served: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Operator/Owner: | Sofia Airport EAD |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1742 feet (531 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SOF |
| More Information: | SOF Maps & Info |
Facts about Chaoyang Airport (CHG):
- In addition to being known as "Chaoyang Airport", other names for CHG include "朝阳机场" and "Chāoyáng Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Chaoyang Airport (CHG) is Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SE of CHG.
- The furthest airport from Chaoyang Airport (CHG) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Chaoyang Airport (meaning Chaoyang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.
- Chaoyang Airport (CHG) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Chaoyang Airport's relatively low elevation of 568 feet, planes can take off or land at Chaoyang 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.
Facts about Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF):
- The furthest airport from Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,437 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Plovdiv Airport (PDV), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) ESE of SOF.
- Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) currently has only 1 runway.
- Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna handled 350,432 passengers last year.
- The manager will have full visibility over the airport, to guide aircraft landing and taking off.
- The terminal had substantially reached its capacity of some 600,000 passengers a year by the later 1960s and was subjected to a number of refurbishments and extensions beginning in the spring of 1968.
- Two de-icing platforms are constructed to allow centralised de-icing procedures in winter.
- In addition to being known as "Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna", other names for SOF include "Vrazhdebna Airport" and "Летище София".
- Total cost of the project was planned at 200 million euros.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 44.36 miles (71.39 km) SE | Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ) | Jinzhou, Liaoning, China |     |
| 2 | 92.11 miles (148.24 km) WNW | Chifeng Airport (CIF) | Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China | |
| 3 | 114.56 miles (184.37 km) SSW | Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport (SHP) | Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China | |
| 4 | 129.13 miles (207.82 km) ESE | Anshan Teng'ao Airport (AOG) | Anshan, Liaoning, China | |
| 5 | 157.69 miles (253.78 km) E | Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (SHE) | Shenyang, China | |
| 6 | 179.09 miles (288.22 km) SW | Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS) | Tangshan, Hebei, China | |
| 7 | 187.02 miles (300.98 km) SSE | Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (DLC) | Dalian, Liaoning, China | |
| 8 | 196.01 miles (315.45 km) SE | Changhai Airport (CNI) | Changhai, China | |
| 9 | 225.13 miles (362.32 km) WSW | Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) | Beijing, People's Republic of China | |
| 10 | 232.95 miles (374.89 km) SW | Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN) | Tianjin, China | |
| 11 | 244.32 miles (393.19 km) WSW | Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) | Beijing, China | |
| 12 | 275.41 miles (443.23 km) ENE | Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport (TNH) | Tonghua, Jilin, China | |
| 13 | 280.12 miles (450.82 km) NW | Xilinhot Airport (XIL) | Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China | |
| 14 | 290.12 miles (466.91 km) S | Yantai Laishan International Airport (YNT) | Yantai, Shandong, China | |
| 15 | 291.67 miles (469.39 km) W | Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport (ZQZ) | Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,252.35 miles (19,718.19 km) ESE | Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM) | Viedma, Argentina | |
| 2 | 12,222.04 miles (19,669.42 km) S | Necochea Airport (NEC) | Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 3 | 12,215.35 miles (19,658.64 km) S | Tres Arroyos Airport (OYO) | Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | |
| 4 | 12,198.69 miles (19,631.84 km) SE | Comandante Espora Airport (BHI) | Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | |
| 5 | 12,190.97 miles (19,619.41 km) SSW | Miramar Airport (MJR) | Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 6 | 12,166.26 miles (19,579.65 km) SSW | Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ) | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | |
| 7 | 12,147.13 miles (19,548.86 km) E | Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) | San Antonio Oeste, Argentina | |
| 8 | 12,140.98 miles (19,538.97 km) ESE | El Tehuelche Airport (PMY) | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | |
| 9 | 12,138.27 miles (19,534.61 km) S | Tandil Airport (TDL) | Tandil, Argentina | |
| 10 | 12,128.14 miles (19,518.30 km) SSE | Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ) | Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 11 | 12,122.95 miles (19,509.95 km) ESE | Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL) | Trelew, Chubut, Argentina | |
| 12 | 12,113.76 miles (19,495.16 km) S | Olavarría Airport (OVR) | Olavarría, Argentina | |
| 13 | 12,110.16 miles (19,489.36 km) SSW | Villa Gesell Airport (VLG) | Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 14 | 12,057.98 miles (19,405.39 km) S | Las Flores Airport (ELB) | El Banco, Colombia | |
| 15 | 12,024.50 miles (19,351.51 km) SSE | Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport (PEH) | Pehuajó, Argentina | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 86.04 miles (138.47 km) ESE | Plovdiv Airport (PDV) | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |
| 2 | 90.21 miles (145.17 km) WNW | Niš Constantine the Great International Airport (INI) | Niš, Serbia | |
| 3 | 104.17 miles (167.64 km) WSW | Skopje Airport (SKP) | Skopje, Macedonia | |
| 4 | 114.70 miles (184.58 km) NNE | Craiova International Airport (CRA) | Craiova, Romania | |
| 5 | 116.49 miles (187.47 km) E | Stara Zagora Airport (SZR) | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | |
| 6 | 120.78 miles (194.38 km) ENE | Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport (GOZ) | Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria | |
| 7 | 120.89 miles (194.55 km) W | Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) | Pristina, Kosovo | |
| 8 | 121.98 miles (196.31 km) ESE | Haskovo Malevo Airport (HKV) | Haskovo, Bulgaria | |
| 9 | 137.99 miles (222.08 km) SSE | Kavala International Airport "Alexander The Great" (KVA) | Kavala, Greece | |
| 10 | 150.23 miles (241.78 km) ENE | Ruse Airport (ROU) | Rousse, Bulgaria | |
| 11 | 150.69 miles (242.52 km) E | Bezmer Air Base (JAM) | Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria | |
| 12 | 151.99 miles (244.60 km) S | Thessaloniki International Airport "Makedonia" (SKG) | Thessaloniki, Greece | |
| 13 | 172.42 miles (277.48 km) SW | Ohrid Airport (OHD) | Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia | |
| 14 | 180.14 miles (289.91 km) W | Dolac Airport (IVG) | Berane, Montenegro | |
| 15 | 182.69 miles (294.02 km) SE | Alexandroupolis International Airport (AXD) | Alexandroupolis, Greece | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,436.55 miles (18,405.29 km) E | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,080.97 miles (17,833.04 km) E | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,042.80 miles (17,771.62 km) E | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,008.76 miles (17,716.84 km) E | Whakatane Airport (WHK) | Whakatane, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,008.49 miles (17,716.41 km) E | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,004.83 miles (17,710.51 km) SSW | Rurutu Airport (RUR) | Rurutu, French Polynesia | |
| 7 | 10,997.71 miles (17,699.06 km) S | Mangaia Island Airport (MGS) | Mangaia Island, Cook Islands | |
| 8 | 10,996.07 miles (17,696.41 km) E | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 10,986.67 miles (17,681.28 km) E | Taupo AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Taupō (TUO) | Taupo, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 10,983.29 miles (17,675.84 km) E | Rotorua International Airport (ROT) | Rotorua, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 10,974.71 miles (17,662.04 km) E | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 10,972.38 miles (17,658.28 km) E | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 10,966.07 miles (17,648.14 km) E | Tauranga Airport (TRG) | Tauranga, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 10,959.16 miles (17,637.01 km) E | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 10,944.51 miles (17,613.43 km) E | Matamata Airport (MTA) | Matamata, New Zealand | |