Nonstop flight route between Geneva, Switzerland and Xining, Qinghai, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Geneva International Airport (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland and Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN), Xining, Qinghai, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,708 miles (or 7,576 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 Geneva International Airport and Xining Caojiabao 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 Geneva International Airport and Xining Caojiabao Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Geneva International Airport (GVA):

• To provide for jet traffic, in 1960 the runway was extended to its current length of 3,900 m.
• The closest airport to Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of GVA.
• Geneva International Airport has extensive convention facilities and hosts an office of the International Air Transport Association and used to host the world headquarters of Airports Council International.
• In addition to being known as "Geneva International Airport", another name for GVA is "Aéroport international de GenèveGenève aéroport".
• On May 7, 1968, Geneva Main Terminal was inaugurated, which was planned to accommodate 7 million passengers a year.
• Geneva International Airport (GVA) has 2 runways.
• T2 is used during the winter charter season.
• Geneva International Airport handled 14,436,000 passengers last year.
• Geneva airport was created in 1919 as a simple field in Cointrin, near the city of Geneva.
• Geneva International Airport, formerly known as Cointrin Airport and officially as Genève Aéroport, is the international airport of Geneva, Switzerland.
• Before passing through customs, machines dispense free 80 minute tickets for Transports Publics Genevois, which are valid for both the city buses and trains to Geneva.
• The furthest airport from Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Geneva International Airport (meaning Geneva International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,227 miles (19,678 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN):

• Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Xining Caojiabao Airport handled 2,030,378 passengers last year.
• Because of Xining Caojiabao Airport's high elevation of 7,119 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at XNN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make XNN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is nearly antipodal to Xining Caojiabao Airport (meaning Xining Caojiabao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Carriel Sur International Airport), and is located 12,165 miles (19,578 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Xining Caojiabao Airport", other names for XNN include "西宁曹家堡机场" and "Xīníng Cáojiābǎo Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Xining Caojiabao Airport (XNN) is Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW), which is located 88 miles (141 kilometers) E of XNN.