Nonstop flight route between Altay, Xinjiang, China and Lelystad, Netherlands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Altay Airport (AAT), Altay, Xinjiang, China and Lelystad Airport (LEY), Lelystad, Netherlands would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,469 miles (or 5,583 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 Altay Airport and Lelystad 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 Altay Airport and Lelystad Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AAT / ZWAT | 
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| Location: | Altay, Xinjiang, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°45'1"N by 88°5'3"E | 
| Area Served: | Altay, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China | 
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Administration of China | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2460 feet (750 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from AAT | 
| More Information: | AAT Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LEY / EHLE | 
| Airport Name: | Lelystad Airport | 
| Location: | Lelystad, Netherlands | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°27'37"N by 5°31'37"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Schiphol Group | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | -12 feet (-4 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from LEY | 
| More Information: | LEY Maps & Info | 
Facts about Altay Airport (AAT):
- Altay Airport (AAT) currently has only 1 runway.
 - In addition to being known as "Altay Airport", other names for AAT include "阿勒泰机场" and "Ālètài Jīchǎng".
 - The furthest airport from Altay Airport (AAT) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is located 11,536 miles (18,566 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
 - The closest airport to Altay Airport (AAT) is Kanas Airport (KJI), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) WNW of AAT.
 
Facts about Lelystad Airport (LEY):
- The furthest airport from Lelystad Airport (LEY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,832 miles (19,042 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
 - The closest airport to Lelystad Airport (LEY) is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of LEY.
 - As Lelystad is the biggest General Aviation airfield in the Netherlands, AOPA is concerned that commercial aviation will have a negative impact on the General Aviation users, and has proposed the construction of a new parallel runway south of the airport to improve traffic flow.
 - Lelystad Airport is an airport 3.5 NM south southeast of the city of Lelystad in the Netherlands.
 - Because of Lelystad Airport's relatively low elevation of -12 feet, planes can take off or land at Lelystad 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.
 - Lelystad Airport (LEY) has 2 runways.
 - At first Lelystad had grass taxi- and runways, but it was found that the clay could not support all the traffic, and tracks started to form.
 - In 1993 the Schiphol Group became the owner of the airport.
 
