Nonstop flight route between Grand Island, Nebraska, United States and Yanji, Jilin, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI), Grand Island, Nebraska, United States and Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ), Yanji, Jilin, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,924 miles (or 9,534 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 Central Nebraska Regional Airport and Yanji Chaoyangchuan 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 Central Nebraska Regional Airport and Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GRI / KGRI |
Airport Name: | Central Nebraska Regional Airport |
Location: | Grand Island, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°58'3"N by 98°18'34"W |
Area Served: | Grand Island, Nebraska |
Operator/Owner: | Hall County Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1847 feet (563 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GRI |
More Information: | GRI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YNJ / ZYYJ |
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Location: | Yanji, Jilin, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°52'58"N by 129°27'3"E |
Area Served: | Yanji |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 623 feet (190 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YNJ |
More Information: | YNJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI):
- Air Midwest, operating as US Airways Express, commenced service on October 29, 2006, with two daily flights to Omaha Eppley Airfield and one daily flight to Kansas City International Airport.
- Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI) has 2 runways.
- The Federal Aviation Administration says the airport had 7,961 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 20,136 enplanements in 2009, and 37,101 in 2010.
- The furthest airport from Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,617 miles (17,087 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI) is Hastings Municipal Airport (HSI), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) SSW of GRI.
- The facility was formerly Grand Island Army Airfield.
- Central Nebraska Regional Airport covers 1,847 acres at an elevation of 1,847 feet above mean sea level.
Facts about Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ):
- The furthest airport from Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ) is Miramar Airport (MJR), which is located 11,936 miles (19,209 kilometers) away in Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Because of Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport's relatively low elevation of 623 feet, planes can take off or land at Yanji Chaoyangchuan 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 Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ) is Chongjin Airport (RGO), which is located 101 miles (162 kilometers) S of YNJ.
- Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport handled 1,016,274 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport", other names for YNJ include "延吉朝阳川机场Yánjí Chāoyángchuān Jīchǎng" and "연길조양천공항延吉朝陽川空港Yeongil Joyangcheon Gonghang".