Nonstop flight route between Windhoek, Namibia and Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Eros Airport (ERS), Windhoek, Namibia and Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA), Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,968 miles (or 11,215 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 Eros Airport and Zhanjiang 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 Eros Airport and Zhanjiang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ERS / FYWE |
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| Location: | Windhoek, Namibia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°36'43"S by 17°4'50"E |
| Area Served: | Windhoek, Namibia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 5575 feet (1,699 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ERS |
| More Information: | ERS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZHA / ZGZJ |
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| Location: | Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 21°13'3"N by 110°21'28"E |
| Area Served: | Zhanjiang, Guangdong |
| Elevation: | 125 feet (38 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ZHA |
| More Information: | ZHA Maps & Info |
Facts about Eros Airport (ERS):
- The closest airport to Eros Airport (ERS) is Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ENE of ERS.
- Eros is an alternate for Windhoek International Airport in VMC conditions.
- Eros Airport or Windhoek Eros Airport is an airport serving Windhoek, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia.
- In addition to being known as "Eros Airport", another name for ERS is "Windhoek Eros Airport".
- Because of Eros Airport's high elevation of 5,575 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ERS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ERS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Eros Airport (ERS) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Eros Airport (ERS) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is nearly antipodal to Eros Airport (meaning Eros Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from PMRF Barking Sands), and is located 12,232 miles (19,686 kilometers) away in Kekaha, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA):
- Because of Zhanjiang Airport's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Zhanjiang 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 Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA) is Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) WNW of ZHA.
- Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA) is Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ), which is nearly antipodal to Zhanjiang Airport (meaning Zhanjiang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Diego Aracena International Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,921 kilometers) away in Iquique, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Zhanjiang Airport", other names for ZHA include "湛江机场" and "Zhànjiāng Jīchǎng".
- Zhanjiang Airport handled 488,835 passengers last year.
