Nonstop flight route between Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada and Beijing, People's Republic of China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport (YQY), Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada and Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), Beijing, People's Republic of China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,474 miles (or 10,420 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 Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport and Beijing Capital 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 Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport and Beijing Capital 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: | YQY / CYQY |
Airport Name: | Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport |
Location: | Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°9'41"N by 60°2'53"W |
Area Served: | Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 203 feet (62 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQY |
More Information: | YQY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PEK / ZBAA |
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Location: | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°4'47"N by 116°35'3"E |
Area Served: | Beijing |
Operator/Owner: | Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 116 feet (35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from PEK |
More Information: | PEK Maps & Info |
Facts about Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport (YQY):
- The closest airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport (YQY) is Port Hawkesbury Airport (YPS), which is located 72 miles (117 kilometers) WSW of YQY.
- Because of Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport's relatively low elevation of 203 feet, planes can take off or land at Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy 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.
- Over the years, several travellers have been sent to this airport after their travel agents mistook it for the Sydney Airport in Australia.
- Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport (YQY) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport (YQY) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,654 miles (18,755 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
Facts about Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK):
- Because of Beijing Capital International Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at Beijing Capital 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.
- Beijing Capital International Airport handled 83,712,355 passengers last year.
- To accommodate the growing traffic volume, Beijing Capital added the enormous Terminal 3 in 2008 in time for the Olympic Games, the second largest airport terminal in the world after Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3, and the sixth largest building in the world by area.
- One of Terminal 3's highlights is the US$240 million luggage-transfer system.
- The closest airport to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of PEK.
- Another expansion, Terminal 3 was completed in February 2008, in time for the Beijing Olympics.
- Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Beijing Capital International Airport (meaning Beijing Capital International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.
- Beijing Capital has rapidly ascended in rankings of the world's busiest airports in the past decade.
- Terminal 1, with 60,000 m2 of space, opened on 1 January 1980, and replaced the smaller existing terminal which was in operation since 1958.
- In addition to food and beverage businesses, there is a 16,200 m2 domestic retail area, a 12,600 m2 duty-free-store area and a nearly 7,200 m2 convenience-service area, which includes banks, business centres, Internet services and more.
- In addition to being known as "Beijing Capital International Airport", other names for PEK include "北京首都国际机场" and "Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīchǎng".
- Beijing Capital International Airport is the main hub for Air China, the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China, which flies to around 120 destinations from Beijing.