Nonstop flight route between Arapahoe, Nebraska, United States and Beijing, People's Republic of China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Arapahoe Municipal Airport (AHF), Arapahoe, Nebraska, United States and Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), Beijing, People's Republic of China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,425 miles (or 10,340 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 Arapahoe Municipal 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 Arapahoe Municipal Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Arapahoe Municipal Airport (AHF):

• The closest airport to Arapahoe Municipal Airport (AHF) is Jim Kelly Field (LXN), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NNE of AHF.
• In addition to being known as "Arapahoe Municipal Airport", other names for AHF include "none" and "37V".
• Arapahoe Municipal Airport (AHF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Arapahoe Municipal Airport (AHF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,705 miles (17,227 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK):

• 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.
• Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) has 3 runways.
• Along with X-ray scanners, additional equipment conducts checks such as for explosives.
• 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.
• Beijing Capital International Airport handled 83,712,355 passengers last year.
• It provides 72 aerobridges or jetways, further complemented with remote parking bays which bring the total of gates to 150 for the terminal alone.
• 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.
• Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by a public walkway that takes about 10–15 minutes to traverse.
• A 98.3 m monitoring tower stands at the southern end of T3, the highest building at the airport.
• 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.
• Terminal 3 has a 300,000 m2 transportation centre with 7,000 car-parking space.
• Terminal 3 has 243 elevators, escalators or moving walkways.
• The closest airport to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of PEK.
• 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".