Nonstop flight route between Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands and Changchun, Jilin, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ), Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands and Changchun Longjia International Airport (CGQ), Changchun, Jilin, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,821 miles (or 7,759 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 Groningen Airport Eelde and Changchun Longjia 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 Groningen Airport Eelde and Changchun Longjia 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 Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ):

• In 1977, a new passenger terminal opened and more parking space for cars was constructed.
• On August 16, 1954, the Rijksluchtvaartschool – or National Aviation Academy in English – moved to the airport from Gilze-Rijen.
• Because of Groningen Airport Eelde's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Groningen Airport Eelde 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 Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) is Emden Airport (EME), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NE of GRQ.
• With the airport becoming more crowded due to holiday flights, it was decided to join the two existing passenger halls together.
• In 1956, the airport was renamed as "Luchthaven Eelde NV".
• The furthest airport from Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,778 miles (18,956 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) has 2 runways.
• Groningen Airport Eelde handled 20,866 passengers last year.
• Early 1945, the Germans abandoned their "Fliegerhorst", as they called it.

Facts about Changchun Longjia International Airport (CGQ):

• Because of Changchun Longjia International Airport's relatively low elevation of 705 feet, planes can take off or land at Changchun Longjia 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 airport serves most major cities in China and East Asia, with scheduled international flights to Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Taipei and so on.
• Changchun Longjia International Airport handled 4,971,667 passengers last year.
• Changchun Longjia International Airport (CGQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Changchun Longjia International Airport", other names for CGQ include "长春龙嘉国际机场" and "Chángchūn Lóngjiā Guójì Jīcháng".
• The closest airport to Changchun Longjia International Airport (CGQ) is Jilin Ertaizi Airport (JIL), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) E of CGQ.
• The furthest airport from Changchun Longjia International Airport (CGQ) is Miramar Airport (MJR), which is located 11,997 miles (19,308 kilometers) away in Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.