Nonstop flight route between Anshu, Guizhou Province, China and St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (AVA), Anshu, Guizhou Province, China and St Mary's Airport (ISC), St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,740 miles (or 9,237 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 Anshun Huangguoshu Airport and St Mary's 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 Anshun Huangguoshu Airport and St Mary's Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (AVA):

• The closest airport to Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (AVA) is Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE), which is located 61 miles (97 kilometers) ENE of AVA.
• The furthest airport from Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (AVA) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is nearly antipodal to Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (meaning Anshun Huangguoshu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chañaral Airport), and is located 12,219 miles (19,664 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Anshun Huangguoshu Airport", other names for AVA include "安顺黄果树机场" and "Ānshùn Huángguǒshù Jīchǎng".

Facts about St Mary's Airport (ISC):

• St Mary's Airport handled 89,170 passengers last year.
• St Mary's Airport or Isles of Scilly Airport is an airport located 1 nautical mile east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, to the south west of Cornwall, UK.
• On 2 May 1964, BEA replaced its Dragon Rapides on the Land's End route with a single Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, operated by BEA Helicopters.
• The terminal at the airport is open all year round whilst the airport is in operation.
• The furthest airport from St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to St Mary's Airport (meaning St Mary's Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,501 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• St Mary's Airport (ISC) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "St Mary's Airport", other names for ISC include "Isles of Scilly Airport" and "Scilly Isles/St Mary's Airport".
• Because of St Mary's Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at St Mary's 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.
• In 1975, a new terminal was opened by the then incumbent Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
• The closest airport to St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Tresco Heliport (TSO), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NW of ISC.