Nonstop flight route between Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico and Chengdu, Sichuan, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chetumal International Airport (CTM), Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), Chengdu, Sichuan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,949 miles (or 14,402 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 Chetumal International Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu 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 Chetumal International Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu 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 Chetumal International Airport (CTM):

• In addition to being known as "Chetumal International Airport", another name for CTM is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Chetumal".
• The closest airport to Chetumal International Airport (CTM) is Corozal Airport (CZH), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) SSW of CTM.
• The furthest airport from Chetumal International Airport (CTM) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,881 miles (19,121 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• On October 9, 2011, Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares invested 19 million pesos in modernizing Chetumal's International Airport by extending landing strips to allow room for more air traffic, as promised by the governor Roberto Borge Angulo.
• Chetumal International Airport (CTM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Chetumal International Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Chetumal 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.

Facts about Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU):

• The airport, formerly named Shuangguisi Airport, opened in capacity as an auxiliary military airfield in 1938 during the second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
• In addition to being known as "Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport", other names for CTU include "成都双流国际机场" and "Chéngdū Shuāngliú Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport handled 31,500,000 passengers last year.
• On May 12, 2008 the airport was temporarily shut down after sustaining some minor damages from the great Sichuan Earthquake but was quickly reopened the following day after inspection of the runway.
• Flights to and from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are international flights.
• The airport is among world's top 50 busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in 2012.
• One of the lifts of Terminal 2, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
• The closest airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) NE of CTU.
• The furthest airport from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (meaning Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) has 2 runways.