Nonstop flight route between Altay, Xinjiang, China and Salt Lake City, Utah, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Altay Airport (AAT), Altay, Xinjiang, China and Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,197 miles (or 9,973 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 Salt Lake City 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 Altay Airport and Salt Lake City 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 Altay Airport (AAT):

• Altay Airport (AAT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Altay Airport (AAT) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is located 11,536 miles (18,566 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Altay Airport", other names for AAT include "阿勒泰机场" and "Ālètài Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Altay Airport (AAT) is Kanas Airport (KJI), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) WNW of AAT.

Facts about Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC):

• Salt Lake City International Airport is a civil-military airport about 4 miles west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
• As air travel became more popular and the United States Air Force established a base at the airport during World War II, a third runway was added.
• Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has 4 runways.
• In 2013, 20,186,474 passengers flew through Salt Lake City, representing a.41% increase from 2012.
• Salt Lake City International Airport handled 20,102,078 passengers last year.
• In 1911 a site for an air field was chosen on Basque Flats, named for Spanish-French sheep herders who worked the fields in the then-desolate area of the Salt Lake Valley.
• The airport handled 156,319 metric tonnes of cargo in 2008.
• After airline deregulation in 1978 hub airports appeared.
• The furthest airport from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Salt Lake City International Airport's high elevation of 4,227 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Delta Air Lines' Sky Club, located between concourses C and D, is the only lounge at this airport.
• The closest airport to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Skypark Airport (BTF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of SLC.