Nonstop flight route between Fuyun, Xinjiang, China and Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fuyun Airport (FYN), Fuyun, Xinjiang, China and Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,890 miles (or 6,260 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 Fuyun Airport and Bristol Filton 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 Fuyun Airport and Bristol Filton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FYN / ZWFY |
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| Location: | Fuyun, Xinjiang, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 46°48'3"N by 89°32'17"E |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| View all routes: | Routes from FYN |
| More Information: | FYN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FZO / EGTG |
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| Location: | Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°31'9"N by 2°35'36"W |
| Area Served: | Bristol |
| Operator/Owner: | BAE Systems Aviation Services Ltd |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 225 feet (69 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FZO |
| More Information: | FZO Maps & Info |
Facts about Fuyun Airport (FYN):
- In addition to being known as "Fuyun Airport", other names for FYN include "富蕴机场" and "Fùyùn Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Fuyun Airport (FYN) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is located 11,596 miles (18,662 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
- The closest airport to Fuyun Airport (FYN) is Altay Airport (AAT), which is located 95 miles (152 kilometers) NW of FYN.
Facts about Bristol Filton Airport (FZO):
- In addition to being known as "Bristol Filton Airport", another name for FZO is "Filton Aerodrome".
- On 26 November 2003, Concorde 216 made the final ever Concorde flight from Heathrow, passing over the Bay of Biscay before making a low pass over Bristol and finally returning to Filton where it is now maintained on a temporary apron, although has not been open to the public as a visitor attraction since 2010.
- Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Bristol Airport (BRS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of FZO.
- After WW2, the concrete runway at Filton Aerodrome was extended westwards to enable the huge Bristol Brabazon airliner to take-off safely.
- Because of Bristol Filton Airport's relatively low elevation of 225 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol Filton 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 Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,930 miles (19,200 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- Filton's runway is one of the widest, at 91 m and is a considerable length at 2,467 m long, having been extended first for the maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon airliner in 1949 and again in the late 1960s for Concorde.
- During World War I, RFC Filton was mainly used as an aircraft acceptance facility.
- The 1960s and 1970s saw the development and production of Concorde at Filton and a further extension of the Filton runway.
