Nonstop flight route between Foshan, Guangdong, China and Greensboro, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO), Foshan, Guangdong, China and Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO), Greensboro, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,260 miles (or 13,294 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 Foshan Shadi Airport and Piedmont Triad 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 Foshan Shadi Airport and Piedmont Triad 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 Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO):

• The furthest airport from Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO) is El Loa Airport (CJC), which is nearly antipodal to Foshan Shadi Airport (meaning Foshan Shadi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Loa Airport), and is located 12,305 miles (19,802 kilometers) away in Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile.
• Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Foshan Shadi Airport", other names for FUO include "佛山沙堤机场" and "Fóshān Shādī Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO) is Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NE of FUO.

Facts about Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO):

• The furthest airport from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,574 miles (18,626 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) has 3 runways.
• US Airways operates a US Airways Club across from Gate 45.
• Also in the mid-1990s, start-up carrier Eastwind Airlines began serving PTI.
• Piedmont Triad International Airport had its start in 1927 when the Tri-City Airport Commission selected 112 acres near the community of Friendship for an airport, and petitioned to become a stop along the congressionally authorized airmail route from New York to New Orleans.
• The airport has plans to build a viewing area so the public can watch planes take off and land.
• Work on the new facility began in 1978.
• Because of Piedmont Triad International Airport's relatively low elevation of 926 feet, planes can take off or land at Piedmont Triad 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 closest airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) is Smith Reynolds Airport (INT), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) W of GSO.