Nonstop flight route between Guilin, Guangxi, China and Shirley, New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL), Guilin, Guangxi, China and Brookhaven Calabro Airport (WSH), Shirley, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,870 miles (or 12,666 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 Guilin Liangjiang International Airport and Brookhaven Calabro 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 Guilin Liangjiang International Airport and Brookhaven Calabro Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KWL / ZGKL |
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Location: | Guilin, Guangxi, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°13'5"N by 110°2'21"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 571 feet (174 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KWL |
More Information: | KWL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WSH / KHWV |
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Location: | Shirley, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°49'18"N by 72°52'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Brookhaven |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 81 feet (25 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from WSH |
More Information: | WSH Maps & Info |
Facts about Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL):
- Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) currently has only 1 runway.
- During World War II, the airport was known as Kweilin Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign.
- Because of Guilin Liangjiang International Airport's relatively low elevation of 571 feet, planes can take off or land at Guilin Liangjiang 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.
- Guilin Liangjiang International Airport handled 5,489,481 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) is Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) SSW of KWL.
- The furthest airport from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) is Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR), which is nearly antipodal to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (meaning Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in El Salvador, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Guilin Liangjiang International Airport", other names for KWL include "Gveilinz Unggyangh Gozci Gihcangz桂林两江国际机场" and "Guìlín Liǎngjiāng Guójì Jīchǎng".
Facts about Brookhaven Calabro Airport (WSH):
- The closest airport to Brookhaven Calabro Airport (WSH) is Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) NNE of WSH.
- Brookhaven Calabro Airport is a public airport located one mile north of the central business district of Shirley, in Suffolk County, New York, United States.
- Because of Brookhaven Calabro Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Brookhaven Calabro 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.
- The furthest airport from Brookhaven Calabro Airport (WSH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,791 miles (18,975 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Brookhaven Calabro Airport", another name for WSH is "HWV".
- Brookhaven Calabro Airport (WSH) has 2 runways.