Nonstop flight route between Fuyang, Anhui, China and Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fuyang Xiguan Airport (FUG), Fuyang, Anhui, China and Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK), Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,392 miles (or 8,677 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 Fuyang Xiguan Airport and Glasgow-Prestwick 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 Fuyang Xiguan Airport and Glasgow-Prestwick Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Fuyang Xiguan Airport (FUG):

• Fuyang Xiguan Airport (FUG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Fuyang Xiguan Airport (FUG) is Bengbu Airport (BFU), which is located 92 miles (148 kilometers) E of FUG.
• In addition to being known as "Fuyang Xiguan Airport", other names for FUG include "阜阳西关机场" and "Fùyáng Xīguān Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Fuyang Xiguan Airport (FUG) is Villa Dolores Airport (VDR), which is nearly antipodal to Fuyang Xiguan Airport (meaning Fuyang Xiguan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Villa Dolores Airport), and is located 12,354 miles (19,882 kilometers) away in Villa Dolores, Córdoba, Argentina.

Facts about Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK):

• According to a 2008 Master Plan the departure lounge is at capacity and congested during peak operations.
• Glasgow Prestwick Airport is Glasgow's second airport, it also serves the Greater Glasgow urban area, situated 1 nautical mile Northeast of the town of Prestwick in South Ayrshire and 32 mi from the city centre of Glasgow.
• Because of Glasgow-Prestwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Glasgow-Prestwick 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 airport was owned by Infratil, a New Zealand company and majority owner of Wellington International Airport Infratil also owned Manston Airport until November 2013.
• The closest airport to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Glasgow International Airport (GLA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNE of PIK.
• Scottish Aviation built a factory using the original terminal building and hangars at Prestwick, which from 1974 produced such aircraft as the Prestwick Pioneers, and later the Jetstream and Bulldog.
• Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,764 miles (18,932 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Glasgow Prestwick Airport is considered to be the only piece of United Kingdom territory on which Elvis Presley ever set foot, when the United States Army transport plane carrying him home stopped to refuel in 1960, en route from Germany.
• Glasgow-Prestwick Airport handled 1,145,836 passengers last year.