Nonstop flight route between Beijing, China and Lasham, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), Beijing, China and Lasham Airfield (QLA), Lasham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,108 miles (or 8,221 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 Beijing Nanyuan Airport and Lasham Airfield, 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 Beijing Nanyuan Airport and Lasham Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NAY / ZBNY |
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Location: | Beijing, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°46'56"N by 116°23'16"E |
Area Served: | Beijing |
Airport Type: | Military / Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NAY |
More Information: | NAY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QLA / EGHL |
Airport Name: | Lasham Airfield |
Location: | Lasham, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°11'13"N by 1°2'0"W |
Area Served: | Lasham, Hampshire, England |
Operator/Owner: | Lasham Gliding Society |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 618 feet (188 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from QLA |
More Information: | QLA Maps & Info |
Facts about Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY):
- In addition to being known as "Beijing Nanyuan Airport", other names for NAY include "北京南苑机场" and "Běijīng Nányuàn Jīchǎng".
- Beijing Nanyuan Airport is a military air base that also serves as the secondary airport of Beijing.
- The closest airport to Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) is Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NNE of NAY.
- The furthest airport from Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Beijing Nanyuan Airport (meaning Beijing Nanyuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,355 miles (19,884 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.
- Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) currently has only 1 runway.
- A limo Beijing Airport Bus service is available to and from the Air China Building at Xidan in Beijing's city centre.
Facts about Lasham Airfield (QLA):
- The closest airport to Lasham Airfield (QLA) is RAF Odiham (ODH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of QLA.
- Because of Lasham Airfield's relatively low elevation of 618 feet, planes can take off or land at Lasham Airfield 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.
- It was built in 1942 and was a RAF Station during the Second World War, many significant operations being flown from it.
- The airfield was constructed in 1942.
- Lasham Airfield (QLA) currently has only 1 runway.
- and can call on several privately owned tugs in busy periods.
- The furthest airport from Lasham Airfield (QLA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,896 miles (19,145 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Lasham Gliding Society was established in 1958 to unify operations of the gliding clubs that had been operating since 1951.
- Derek Piggott was Chief Flying Instructor at Lasham during much of the period from 1953 to 1989.
- In mid-1943, the airfield was transferred to RAF Fighter Command.