Nonstop flight route between Guiyang, Guizhou, China and Aitape, Papua New Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE), Guiyang, Guizhou, China and Tadji Airport (TAJ), Aitape, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,143 miles (or 5,058 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 Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport and Tadji 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 Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport and Tadji Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KWE / ZUGY |
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Location: | Guiyang, Guizhou, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°32'18"N by 106°48'2"E |
Area Served: | Guiyang, Guizhou, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3737 feet (1,139 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KWE |
More Information: | KWE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TAJ / |
Airport Name: | Tadji Airport |
Location: | Aitape, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°11'56"S by 142°25'41"E |
Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TAJ |
More Information: | TAJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE):
- Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport handled 7,339,229 passengers last year.
- Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport", other names for KWE include "贵阳龙洞堡国际机场" and "Guìyáng Lóngdòngbǎo Guójì Jīchǎng".
- Guiyang airport in 2010 exceeded its design capacity of 5 million passengers.
- The furthest airport from Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is nearly antipodal to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (meaning Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chañaral Airport), and is located 12,276 miles (19,756 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
- The closest airport to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE) is Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (AVA), which is located 61 miles (97 kilometers) WSW of KWE.
Facts about Tadji Airport (TAJ):
- The closest airport to Tadji Airport (TAJ) is Frieda River Airport (FAQ), which is located 103 miles (165 kilometers) SSW of TAJ.
- Tadji Airport (TAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Tadji Airport (TAJ) is Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR), which is located 11,950 miles (19,232 kilometers) away in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
- Because of Tadji Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Tadji 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.