Nonstop flight route between Datong, Shanxi, China and Sheridan, Wyoming, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Datong Yungang Airport (DAT), Datong, Shanxi, China and Sheridan County Airport (SHR), Sheridan, Wyoming, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,061 miles (or 9,754 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 Datong Yungang Airport and Sheridan County 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 Datong Yungang Airport and Sheridan County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DAT / ZBDT |
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Location: | Datong, Shanxi, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°3'37"N by 113°28'54"E |
Area Served: | Datong, Shanxi, China |
Operator/Owner: | Shanxi Civil Airport Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3458 feet (1,054 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DAT |
More Information: | DAT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SHR / KSHR |
Airport Name: | Sheridan County Airport |
Location: | Sheridan, Wyoming, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°46'9"N by 106°58'49"W |
Area Served: | Sheridan, Wyoming |
Operator/Owner: | Sheridan County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4021 feet (1,226 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SHR |
More Information: | SHR Maps & Info |
Facts about Datong Yungang Airport (DAT):
- Datong Yungang Airport (DAT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Datong Yungang Airport handled 117,423 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Datong Yungang Airport (DAT) is Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES), which is nearly antipodal to Datong Yungang Airport (meaning Datong Yungang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport), and is located 12,345 miles (19,868 kilometers) away in San Antonio Oeste, Argentina.
- In addition to being known as "Datong Yungang Airport", other names for DAT include "大同云冈机场" and "Dàtóng Yúngāng Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Datong Yungang Airport (DAT) is Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport (ZQZ), which is located 89 miles (144 kilometers) ENE of DAT.
Facts about Sheridan County Airport (SHR):
- The furthest airport from Sheridan County Airport (SHR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,622 miles (17,094 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Great Lakes Airlines offers service to Denver, Colorado.
- The closest airport to Sheridan County Airport (SHR) is Worland Municipal Airport (WRL), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) SW of SHR.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 17,710 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 14,181 enplanements in 2009, and 14,146 in 2010.
- Bighorn Airways offers airplane and helicopter air charter service, as well as an aircraft repair and installation center.
- Sheridan County Airport (SHR) has 2 runways.
- Because of Sheridan County Airport's high elevation of 4,021 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SHR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SHR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.