Nonstop flight route between Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States and Shijiazhuang, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Heritage Field (PTW), Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States and Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW), Shijiazhuang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,973 miles (or 11,222 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 Heritage Field and Shijiazhuang Zhengding International 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 Heritage Field and Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PTW / KPTW |
Airport Name: | Heritage Field |
Location: | Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°14'21"N by 75°33'24"W |
Area Served: | Pottstown, Pennsylvania |
Operator/Owner: | Limerick Aviation LP |
Airport Type: | Public use |
Elevation: | 309 feet (94 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PTW |
More Information: | PTW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SJW / ZBSJ |
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Location: | Shijiazhuang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°16'50"N by 114°41'48"E |
Area Served: | Shijiazhuang, Hebei |
Operator/Owner: | Hebei Airport Management Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 233 feet (71 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SJW |
More Information: | SJW Maps & Info |
Facts about Heritage Field (PTW):
- Heritage Field (PTW) currently has only 1 runway.
- This is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.
- Previously known as Pottstown Limerick Airport, the airport was sold in 2009 by its former owner, the Exelon Generation Company, which also owns the nearby Limerick Nuclear Power Plant.
- The closest airport to Heritage Field (PTW) is Quakertown Airport (UKT), which is located only 16 miles (27 kilometers) NE of PTW.
- The furthest airport from Heritage Field (PTW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,706 miles (18,839 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Heritage Field's relatively low elevation of 309 feet, planes can take off or land at Heritage Field 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.
Facts about Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW):
- Because of Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport's relatively low elevation of 233 feet, planes can take off or land at Shijiazhuang Zhengding 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.
- Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport handled 4,021,167 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport", other names for SJW include "石家莊正定國際機場" and "Shíjiāzhuāng Zhèngdìng Guójì Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW) is Santa Rosa Airport (RSA), which is nearly antipodal to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (meaning Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Rosa Airport), and is located 12,307 miles (19,807 kilometers) away in Santa Rosa, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW) is Xingtai Dalian Airport (XNT), which is located 98 miles (157 kilometers) S of SJW.
- Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway passes within about 3 km south of the airport's terminal.