Nonstop flight route between Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China and Ezeiza (near Buenos Aires), Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC), Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China and Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE), Ezeiza (near Buenos Aires), Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,531 miles (or 16,949 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 Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport and Ministro Pistarini 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 Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport and Ministro Pistarini International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC):

• The furthest airport from Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) is Gamboa Airport (WCA), which is located 11,489 miles (18,490 kilometers) away in Castro, Chile.
• Ürümqi Airport was opened to foreign passengers in 1973, and has been the emergency landing ground for airlines to Europe and west Asia.
• Summer 2005 saw Diwopu get a boost when the airport started receiving major foreign airlines.
• In addition to being known as "Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport", other names for URC include "ئۈرۈمچى دىئوپا خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى乌鲁木齐地窝堡国际机场" and "Wūlǔmùqí Dìwōpù Guójì Jīcháng".
• Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport handled 11,078,597 passengers last year.
• Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) is Turpan Jiaohe Airport (TLQ), which is located 102 miles (163 kilometers) SE of URC.

Facts about Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE):

• Effective December 2009 , citizens from countries requiring Argentine nationals a visa to enter its territory —including Australia, Canada, and the United States, among others— are levied a "reciprocity fee" on arrival to the airport, which is equivalent to the price Argentine citizens have to pay in order to get a visa from such countries.
• Ministro Pistarini Airport was voted "2007 best airport in the region" following a survey carried out by Skytrax.
• Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Ministro Pistarini International Airport", another name for EZE is "Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini".
• The closest airport to Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE) is Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NNE of EZE.
• Because of Ministro Pistarini International Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Ministro Pistarini 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.
• The furthest airport from Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE) is Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO), which is nearly antipodal to Ministro Pistarini International Airport (meaning Ministro Pistarini International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Qingdao Liuting International Airport), and is located 12,320 miles (19,827 kilometers) away in Qingdao, Shandong, China.
• New terminal C was inaugurated in July 2011 .