Nonstop flight route between Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States and Beihai, Guangxi, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport (ALM), Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States and Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY), Beihai, Guangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,017 miles (or 12,902 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 Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport and Beihai Fucheng 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 Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport and Beihai Fucheng Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ALM / KALM |
Airport Name: | Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport |
Location: | Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°50'24"N by 105°59'26"W |
Area Served: | Alamogordo, New Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | City of Alamogordo |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4200 feet (1,280 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ALM |
More Information: | ALM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHY / ZGBH |
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Location: | Beihai, Guangxi, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°32'21"N by 109°17'38"E |
Area Served: | Beihai, Guangxi, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BHY |
More Information: | BHY Maps & Info |
Facts about Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport (ALM):
- The furthest airport from Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport (ALM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,319 miles (18,217 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport installed an 8-kilowatt solar photovoltaic array in November 2008, using a $100,000 grant from the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department.
- Because of Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport's high elevation of 4,200 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ALM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ALM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport (ALM) has 2 runways.
- Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport covers an area of 1,465 acres at an elevation of 4,200 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Alamogordo–White Sands Regional Airport (ALM) is Holloman Air Force Base Alamogordo Army Airfield (HMN), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) W of ALM.
Facts about Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY):
- In addition to being known as "Beihai Fucheng Airport", other names for BHY include "北海福成机场", "Běihǎi Fúchéng Jīchǎng" and "ZSBH".
- Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) is Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ), which is nearly antipodal to Beihai Fucheng Airport (meaning Beihai Fucheng Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Diego Aracena International Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Iquique, Chile.
- The closest airport to Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) is Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) ESE of BHY.