Nonstop flight route between Heihe, Heilongjiang, China and Tallinn, Estonia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Heihe Airport (HEK), Heihe, Heilongjiang, China and Tallinn Airport (TLL), Tallinn, Estonia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,717 miles (or 5,983 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 Heihe Airport and Tallinn 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 Heihe Airport and Tallinn Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Heihe Airport (HEK):

• The closest airport to Heihe Airport (HEK) is Ignatyevo Airport (BQS), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NNE of HEK.
• Heihe Airport (HEK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Heihe Airport (HEK) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is nearly antipodal to Heihe Airport (meaning Heihe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Stanley Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,621 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.
• In addition to being known as "Heihe Airport", other names for HEK include "黑河机场" and "Hēihé Jīchǎng".

Facts about Tallinn Airport (TLL):

• In addition to being known as "Tallinn Airport", another name for TLL is "Tallinna lennujaam".
• Because of Tallinn Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Tallinn 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.
• In coming years the Airport Museum will be established on the grounds of the airport.
• The closest airport to Tallinn Airport (TLL) is Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) N of TLL.
• The furthest airport from Tallinn Airport (TLL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,037 miles (17,763 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• As Tallinn is located nearest to Asia-Pacific of all EU capitals, Tallinn Airport has a major geographical advantage for establishing future long-haul flights between these two regions.
• Tallinn Airport (TLL) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 1 September 2013 the airport opened an automatic border control system, that should accelerate procedures for passengers travelling out of the Schengen area.
• Total passengers using the airport has increased on average by 14.2% annually since 1998.
• On 12 April 2012 Tallinn Airport announced, that it will build next year a new five-berth terminal for low-cost airlines, which will be easily removable and extendable.
• The airport has a single asphalt-concrete runway that is 3070 metres long and 45 metres wide, five taxiways and fourteen terminal gates.
• Between 1945 and 1989, Aeroflot was the only airline that served Tallinn Airport.