Nonstop flight route between Heihe, Heilongjiang, China and Chesterfield, Missouri, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Heihe Airport (HEK), Heihe, Heilongjiang, China and Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS), Chesterfield, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,880 miles (or 9,462 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 Heihe Airport and Spirit of St. Louis 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 Heihe Airport and Spirit of St. Louis Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HEK / ZYHE |
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Location: | Heihe, Heilongjiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°10'19"N by 127°18'30"E |
Area Served: | Heihe, Heilongjiang, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1024 feet (312 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HEK |
More Information: | HEK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SUS / KSUS |
Airport Name: | Spirit of St. Louis Airport |
Location: | Chesterfield, Missouri, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°39'43"N by 90°39'6"W |
Operator/Owner: | St. Louis County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 463 feet (141 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SUS |
More Information: | SUS Maps & Info |
Facts about Heihe Airport (HEK):
- In addition to being known as "Heihe Airport", other names for HEK include "黑河机场" and "Hēihé Jīchǎng".
- Heihe Airport (HEK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Heihe Airport (HEK) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is nearly antipodal to Heihe Airport (meaning Heihe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Stanley Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,621 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.
- The closest airport to Heihe Airport (HEK) is Ignatyevo Airport (BQS), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NNE of HEK.
Facts about Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS):
- The furthest airport from Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,971 miles (17,656 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The airport also hosted the St.
- In 2007, the airport finished a multi-million dollar expansion project to add a parallel taxiway to the north of 26R/8L.
- The closest airport to Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS) is Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of SUS.
- Because of Spirit of St. Louis Airport's relatively low elevation of 463 feet, planes can take off or land at Spirit of St. Louis 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.
- Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS) has 2 runways.