Nonstop flight route between Kerrville, Texas, United States and Jiayuguan, Gansu, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV), Kerrville, Texas, United States and Jiayuguan Airport (JGN), Jiayuguan, Gansu, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,484 miles (or 12,044 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 Kerrville Municipal Airport and Jiayuguan 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 Kerrville Municipal Airport and Jiayuguan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ERV / KERV | 
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| Location: | Kerrville, Texas, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°58'36"N by 99°5'8"W | 
| Area Served: | Kerrville, Texas | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Kerrville | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1617 feet (493 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ERV | 
| More Information: | ERV Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JGN / ZLJQ | 
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| Location: | Jiayuguan, Gansu, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°51'24"N by 98°20'29"E | 
| Area Served: | Jiayuguan and Jiuquan | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 5112 feet (1,558 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from JGN | 
| More Information: | JGN Maps & Info | 
Facts about Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV):
- In addition to being known as "Kerrville Municipal Airport", another name for ERV is "Louis Schreiner Field".
 - Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) has 2 runways.
 - The closest airport to Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) S of ERV.
 - Kerrville Municipal Airport covers 528 acres at an elevation of 1,617 feet.
 - The furthest airport from Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,915 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
 - The airport opened in February 1943 as Louis Schreiner Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base.
 
Facts about Jiayuguan Airport (JGN):
- The furthest airport from Jiayuguan Airport (JGN) is Pupelde Airfield (ZUD), which is nearly antipodal to Jiayuguan Airport (meaning Jiayuguan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pupelde Airfield), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Ancud, Los Lagos Region, Chile.
 - The closest airport to Jiayuguan Airport (JGN) is Zhangye Ganzhou Airport (YZY), which is located 144 miles (232 kilometers) ESE of JGN.
 - In addition to being known as "Jiayuguan Airport", other names for JGN include "嘉峪关机场" and "Jiāyùguān Jīchǎng".
 - Jiayuguan Airport (JGN) currently has only 1 runway.
 - Because of Jiayuguan Airport's high elevation of 5,112 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JGN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JGN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 
