Nonstop flight route between Dalian, Liaoning, China and Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (DLC), Dalian, Liaoning, China and Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland (near San Francisco), California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,771 miles (or 9,287 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 Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport and Oakland 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 Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport and Oakland 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 Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (DLC):

• Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport handled 10,703,640 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (DLC) is Changhai Airport (CNI), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) ENE of DLC.
• Immediately after the Aviation law of 1927, the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications began planning for scheduled domestic transport, resulting in opening airports in Tokyo and Fukuoka, and for international transport of the Tokyo - Dalian and Osaka - Shanghai routes.
• On May 7, 2002, China Northern flight 6136 was en route from Beijing to Dalian when it crashed into a bay near Dalian, killing everyone aboard.
• In addition to being known as "Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport", other names for DLC include "大连周水子国际机场" and "Dàlián Zhōushuǐzǐ Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Because of Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at Dalian Zhoushuizi 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 furthest airport from Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (DLC) is Necochea Airport (NEC), which is nearly antipodal to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (meaning Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Necochea Airport), and is located 12,398 miles (19,953 kilometers) away in Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport is the airport serving the city of Dalian in Liaoning Province, China.
• Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (DLC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Oakland International Airport (OAK):

• The top five airlines by passenger count between February 2012 – January 2013 were Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Allegiant, Skywest.
• It is formerly the location of Naval Air Station Oakland.
• The furthest airport from Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,354 miles (18,273 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Spirit Airlines returned to OAK after several years of absence, with flights to and from Las Vegas that started in August 2011.
• The closest airport to Oakland International Airport (OAK) is Hayward Executive Airport (HWD), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of OAK.
• Boeing Air Transport began scheduled flights to Oakland in December 1927.
• The city of Oakland looked into the construction of an airport starting in 1925.
• Even at the completion of these projects, there is already demand driving the need for additional infrastructure improvements.
• United Airlines vacated its 300,000 sq ft Oakland Maintenance Center in May 2003 and transferred work to its base at San Francisco International Airport.
• Because of Oakland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Oakland 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.
• Oakland International Airport (OAK) has 4 runways.