Nonstop flight route between Altay, Xinjiang, China and Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Altay Airport (AAT), Altay, Xinjiang, China and Falalop Airfield (ULI), Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,964 miles (or 6,380 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 Falalop Airfield, 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 Falalop Airfield. 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 | 
| Airport Names: | 
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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: | ULI / | 
| Airport Name: | Falalop Airfield | 
| Location: | Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 10°1'14"N by 139°47'22"E | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ULI | 
| More Information: | ULI Maps & Info | 
Facts about Altay Airport (AAT):
- Altay Airport (AAT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Altay Airport (AAT) is Kanas Airport (KJI), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) WNW of AAT.
- 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.
Facts about Falalop Airfield (ULI):
- Units stationed at Falalop included VMD-354 operating photo-reconnaissance F4Us and VMF-542 operating F6F-3N night-fighters.
- The closest airport to Falalop Airfield (ULI) is Yap International Airport (YAP), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) WSW of ULI.
- On 7 December 1944 a detachment of two PBYs of VPB-23 was deployed to Falalop for air-sea rescue missions.
- The airfield remains in use today.
- The furthest airport from Falalop Airfield (ULI) is Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Falalop Airfield (meaning Falalop Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,931 kilometers) away in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil.




