Nonstop flight route between Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela and Beijing, People's Republic of China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (CGU), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela and Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), Beijing, People's Republic of China would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,095 miles (or 14,636 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 Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International 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 Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International 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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Facts about Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (CGU):

• The furthest airport from Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (CGU) is Lombok International Airport (LOP), which is nearly antipodal to Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (meaning Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lombok International Airport), and is located 12,363 miles (19,897 kilometers) away in Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport", another name for CGU is "PZO".
• Because of Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport's relatively low elevation of 472 feet, planes can take off or land at Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana 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.
• The closest airport to Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (CGU) is Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (PZO), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of CGU.
• Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (CGU) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK):

• Terminal 3 has a 300,000 m2 transportation centre with 7,000 car-parking space.
• 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".
• 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.
• Beijing Capital International Airport handled 83,712,355 passengers last year.
• 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.
• Due to limited capacity at Beijing Capital International Airport, a new airport in Daxing is being planned which BCIA will be only served its domestic flights.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of PEK.
• A 98.3 m monitoring tower stands at the southern end of T3, the highest building at the airport.
• An indoor garden is constructed in the T3E waiting area, in the style of imperial gardens such as the Summer Palace.
• On 20 July 2013, a man in a wheelchair detonated small homemade explosives which exploded on Terminal 3 in the Beijing International Airport.
• Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) has 3 runways.