Nonstop flight route between Chengdu, Sichuan, China and Sheffield, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), Chengdu, Sichuan, China and Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), Sheffield, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,125 miles (or 8,249 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 Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Sheffield City Heliport, 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 Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Sheffield City Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU):

• Outside of Terminal 2, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
• On December 12, 1956, the Shuangguisi Airport was put under civil aviation, which was then formally listed as a civil aviation airport and renamed Chengdu Shuangliu Airport.
• 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.
• The construction of its second runway started from late 2008 and has started service in December 2009.
• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) has 2 runways.
• 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".
• The airport is now an international civil airport with flights to more than 20 international destinations and many domestic airports, and is a hub for Chengdu Airlines, Air China and Sichuan Airlines.
• The closest airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) NE of CTU.
• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is the major international airport serving Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
• The outside of Terminal 1
• Flights to and from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are international flights.
• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport handled 31,500,000 passengers last year.

Facts about Sheffield City Heliport (SZD):

• The furthest airport from Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Because of Sheffield City Heliport's relatively low elevation of 231 feet, planes can take off or land at Sheffield City Heliport 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 airport was built, after a consultants report, on a short-runway STOLPORT model similar to London City Airport.
• Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) currently has only 1 runway.
• There has been a degree of controversy over whether there was any incentive for Peel to promote the airport.
• Sheffield City Airport was a small airport in Sheffield.
• The closest airport to Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of SZD.
• Planning permission has been granted to turn the entire site into a business park, however in December 2012, Sheffield City Council received details of a bid to reopen the airport.