Nonstop flight route between Guangyuan, Sichuan, China and San Antonio Oeste, Argentina:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guangyuan Airport (GYS), Guangyuan, Sichuan, China and Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES), San Antonio Oeste, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,664 miles (or 18,772 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 Guangyuan Airport and Antoine de Saint Exupéry 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 Guangyuan Airport and Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GYS / ZUGU | 
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| Location: | Guangyuan, Sichuan, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°23'27"N by 105°42'6"E | 
| Area Served: | Guangyuan, Sichuan, China | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 14472 feet (4,411 meters) | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GYS | 
| More Information: | GYS Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | OES / SAVN | 
| Airport Name: | Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport | 
| Location: | San Antonio Oeste, Argentina | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°45'5"S by 65°2'3"W | 
| Area Served: | San Antonio Oeste | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from OES | 
| More Information: | OES Maps & Info | 
Facts about Guangyuan Airport (GYS):
- Because of Guangyuan Airport's high elevation of 14,472 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GYS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GYS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 - In addition to being known as "Guangyuan Airport", other names for GYS include "广元机场" and "Guǎngyuán Jīchǎng".
 - The furthest airport from Guangyuan Airport (GYS) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is nearly antipodal to Guangyuan Airport (meaning Guangyuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Viña del Mar Airport), and is located 12,268 miles (19,744 kilometers) away in Viña del Mar, Chile.
 - The closest airport to Guangyuan Airport (GYS) is Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) SW of GYS.
 
Facts about Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES):
- Because of Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Antoine de Saint Exupéry 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.
 - Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The closest airport to Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) E of OES.
 - The furthest airport from Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) is Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport (ZQZ), which is nearly antipodal to Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (meaning Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport), and is located 12,435 miles (20,012 kilometers) away in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China.
 - The terminal building is very similar in architectural design to others in the Patagonian region, basically of a simple, plain design with appropriately sized common areas which provides an acceptable level of service for the area's normal traffic.
 
