Nonstop flight route between Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Sebring, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX), Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Sebring Regional Airport (SEF), Sebring, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,427 miles (or 13,563 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 Qamdo Bamda Airport and Sebring Regional 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 Qamdo Bamda Airport and Sebring Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX):

• In addition to being known as "Qamdo Bamda Airport", other names for BPX include "昌都邦达机场" and "Chāngdū Bāngdá Jīchǎng".
• The airport is 2.5 hours by mountain road from the county seat of Qamdo.
• Because of Qamdo Bamda Airport's high elevation of 14,436 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BPX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BPX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is located 11,747 miles (18,904 kilometers) away in Viña del Mar, Chile.
• The closest airport to Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) is Yushu Batang Airport (YUS), which is located 158 miles (254 kilometers) N of BPX.
• Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) currently has only 1 runway.
• At an elevation of 4,334 m above sea level, Qamdo Airport was formerly the highest airport in the world.

Facts about Sebring Regional Airport (SEF):

• The closest airport to Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) is Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NW of SEF.
• Only the main hangar, restored in 2000, is now in use.
• In 1940, Sebring Officials and citizens contacted their Florida congressional delegation to see about getting an Army base in the area.
• In December 1950, the first sports car endurance race was held, and since then the world famous 12 Hours of Sebring Grand Prix of Endurance has been held in March each year, with the race track taking the East-West ramp and the closed Runway 9/27, along with some streets of the former air base-turned commerce park.
• Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) has 2 runways.
• Sebring Regional Airport was originally constructed in 1940 as Hendricks Field, a B-17 Flying Fortress crew training base of the US Army Air Corps, later the US Army Air Forces.
• Because of Sebring Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Sebring Regional 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.
• Sebring Regional Airport is a public use airport located six nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Sebring, a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States.
• Sebring Regional Airport covers an area of 1,768 acres at an elevation of 62 feet above mean sea level.
• A portion of the old runway system is now Sebring International Raceway, home to the 12 Hours of Sebring, an American Le Mans series race which has been held annually since 1952.
• The furthest airport from Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,510 miles (18,523 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.