Nonstop flight route between Ísafjörður, Iceland and Xining, Qinghai, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ísafjörður Airport (IFJ), Ísafjörður, Iceland and Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN), Xining, Qinghai, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,777 miles (or 7,688 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 Ísafjörður Airport and Xining Caojiabao 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 Ísafjörður Airport and Xining Caojiabao Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IFJ / BIIS |
Airport Name: | Ísafjörður Airport |
Location: | Ísafjörður, Iceland |
GPS Coordinates: | 66°3'29"N by 23°8'7"W |
Area Served: | Ísafjörður, Iceland |
Operator/Owner: | Isavia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IFJ |
More Information: | IFJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | XNN / ZLXN |
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Location: | Xining, Qinghai, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°31'39"N by 102°2'34"E |
Area Served: | Xining and Haidong, Qinghai, China |
Operator/Owner: | China West Airport Group |
Elevation: | 7119 feet (2,170 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from XNN |
More Information: | XNN Maps & Info |
Facts about Ísafjörður Airport (IFJ):
- Because of Ísafjörður Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Ísafjörður 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.
- Ísafjörður Airport (IFJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Ísafjörður Airport (IFJ) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,050 miles (17,784 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Ísafjörður Airport (IFJ) is Bíldudalur Airport (BIU), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SSW of IFJ.
Facts about Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN):
- Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is nearly antipodal to Xining Caojiabao Airport (meaning Xining Caojiabao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Carriel Sur International Airport), and is located 12,165 miles (19,578 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
- Because of Xining Caojiabao Airport's high elevation of 7,119 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at XNN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make XNN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN) is Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW), which is located 88 miles (141 kilometers) E of XNN.
- Xining Caojiabao Airport handled 2,030,378 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Xining Caojiabao Airport", other names for XNN include "西宁曹家堡机场" and "Xīníng Cáojiābǎo Jīchǎng".