Nonstop flight route between Hangzhou, China and Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt:
Departure Airport:
(30°13'45"N by 120°26'3"E)
Arrival Airport:
(22°34'50"N by 28°43'14"E)
Distance from HGH to GSQ:
5,544.28 miles (8,922.64 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH), Hangzhou, China and Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ), Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,544 miles (or 8,923 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 Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport and Sharq Al-Owainat 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 Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport and Sharq Al-Owainat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HGH / ZSHC |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Hangzhou, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°13'45"N by 120°26'3"E |
| Area Served: | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China |
| Operator/Owner: | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Co. Ltd. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HGH |
| More Information: | HGH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GSQ / HEOW |
| Airport Name: | Sharq Al-Owainat Airport |
| Location: | Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt |
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°34'50"N by 28°43'14"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Government |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 859 feet (262 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GSQ |
| More Information: | GSQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH):
- The closest airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) is Yiwu Airport (YIW), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) SSW of HGH.
- The airport was a hub of CNAC Zhejiang.
- The furthest airport from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) is Reconquista Airport (RCQ), which is nearly antipodal to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (meaning Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Reconquista Airport), and is located 12,366 miles (19,901 kilometers) away in Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina.
- The new runway is 3,400 metres long and 60 metres wide, which is capable of handling the Airbus A380.
- In addition to being known as "Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport", other names for HGH include "杭州萧山国际机场" and "Hángzhōu Xiāoshān Guójì Jīchǎng".
- Loong Airlines has its headquarters in the Loong Air Office Building on the airport property.
- Because of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Hangzhou Xiaoshan 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.
- Bus services to/from downtown Hangzhou originate/terminate at the Ticketing Office on Tiyuchang Road with intermediate stops in between.
- Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport handled 22,114,103 passengers last year.
- Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) has 2 runways.
- There are airport bus services linking the airport to points throughout Zhejiang and cities in Jiangsu.
Facts about Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ):
- Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In August 2009, EgyptAir signed an agreement with a UAE-based agricultural inventment firm Janan Investment Company to operate a weekly Sunday flight from the capital's Cairo International Airport to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport in order to serve the movement of workers and investors to encourage agricultural investment in the region.
- Because of Sharq Al-Owainat Airport's relatively low elevation of 859 feet, planes can take off or land at Sharq Al-Owainat 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 Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) is Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS), which is located 185 miles (298 kilometers) E of GSQ.
- The furthest airport from Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is nearly antipodal to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (meaning Sharq Al-Owainat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rurutu Airport), and is located 12,425 miles (19,996 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- The US$3 million airport was constructed in 3 months in 2003 to meet the needs of investors to bring equipment and to export crops.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 65.71 miles (105.76 km) SSW | Yiwu Airport (YIW) | Yiwu, Zhejiang, China |     |
| 2 | 67.47 miles (108.58 km) ESE | Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) | Ningbo, Zhejiang, China | |
| 3 | 71.44 miles (114.98 km) N | Suzhou Guangfu Airport (SZV) | Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| 4 | 85.73 miles (137.97 km) NE | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) | Shanghai, China | |
| 5 | 87.40 miles (140.66 km) N | Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) | Wuxi/Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| 6 | 103.06 miles (165.86 km) NE | Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) | Shanghai, People's Republic of China | |
| 7 | 117.05 miles (188.37 km) E | Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN) | Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China | |
| 8 | 121.86 miles (196.11 km) NNW | Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX) | Changzhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| 9 | 126.99 miles (204.37 km) SW | Quzhou Airport (JUZ) | Quzhou, Zhejiang, China | |
| 10 | 129.81 miles (208.91 km) SSE | Taizhou Luqiao Airport (HYN) | Taizhou, Zhejiang, China | |
| 11 | 140.00 miles (225.31 km) NW | Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) | Nanjing, China | |
| 12 | 162.10 miles (260.87 km) S | Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ) | Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China | |
| 13 | 166.63 miles (268.17 km) NNW | Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY) | Yangzhou and Taizhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| 14 | 167.37 miles (269.35 km) WNW | Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (JUH) | Chizhou and Tongling, Anhui, China | |
| 15 | 203.12 miles (326.89 km) W | Anqing Tianzhushan Airport (AQG) | Anqing, Anhui, China | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,366.05 miles (19,901.17 km) S | Reconquista Airport (RCQ) | Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina | |
| 2 | 12,336.70 miles (19,853.95 km) WSW | Curuzú Cuatiá Airport (UZU) | Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes, Argentina | |
| 3 | 12,323.90 miles (19,833.35 km) SW | Mercedes Airport (MDX) | Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina | |
| 4 | 12,321.85 miles (19,830.05 km) W | Monte Caseros Airport (MCS) | Monte Caseros, Corrientes, Argentina | |
| 5 | 12,317.99 miles (19,823.83 km) SW | Comodoro Pierrestegui Airport (COC) | Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina | |
| 6 | 12,315.84 miles (19,820.38 km) SSE | General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA) | Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina | |
| 7 | 12,311.22 miles (19,812.95 km) SW | Nueva Hespérides International Airport (STY) | Salto, Salto, Uruguay | |
| 8 | 12,293.43 miles (19,784.30 km) E | Ceres Airport (CRR) | Ceres, Santa Fe, Argentina | |
| 9 | 12,287.60 miles (19,774.92 km) WSW | Paso de los Libres Airport (AOL) | Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Argentina | |
| 10 | 12,282.46 miles (19,766.66 km) W | Ruben Berta International Airport (URG) | Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 11 | 12,264.71 miles (19,738.09 km) SSW | Tydeo Larre Borges International Airport (PDU) | Paysandú, Paysandú, Uruguay | |
| 12 | 12,254.04 miles (19,720.91 km) W | Artigas International Airport (ATI) | Artigas, Artigas, Uruguay | |
| 13 | 12,242.28 miles (19,701.99 km) S | Resistencia International Airport (RES) | Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina | |
| 14 | 12,238.59 miles (19,696.06 km) SSE | Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS) | Rosario, Argentina | |
| 15 | 12,238.59 miles (19,696.05 km) SSW | Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport (CNQ) | Corrientes, Corrientes, Argentina | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 185.11 miles (297.90 km) E | Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS) | Abu Simbel, Egypt | |
| 2 | 186.80 miles (300.63 km) ESE | Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF) | Wadi Halfa, Sudan | |
| 3 | 261.23 miles (420.40 km) SSE | Dongola Airport (DOG) | Dongola, Sudan | |
| 4 | 277.16 miles (446.05 km) ENE | Aswan International Airport (ASW) | Aswan, Egypt | |
| 5 | 329.74 miles (530.66 km) NE | Luxor International Airport (LXR) | Luxor, Egypt | |
| 6 | 340.35 miles (547.74 km) NNE | Assiut Airport (ATZ) | Assiut, Egypt | |
| 7 | 344.73 miles (554.79 km) SSE | Ad-Dabbah Airport (AAD) | Al Dabbah, Sudan | |
| 8 | 346.53 miles (557.69 km) SSE | El Debba Airport (EDB) | El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan | |
| 9 | 349.27 miles (562.09 km) SE | Merowe Airport (MWE) | Merowe, Sudan | |
| 10 | 360.20 miles (579.69 km) WNW | Kufra Airport (AKF) | Kufra, Libya | |
| 11 | 426.61 miles (686.56 km) ENE | Marsa Alam (RMF) | Marsa Alam, Egypt | |
| 12 | 449.59 miles (723.55 km) NE | Hurghada International Airport (HRG) | Hurghada, Egypt | |
| 13 | 482.67 miles (776.77 km) SE | Atbara Airport (ATB) | Atbara, Sudan | |
| 14 | 514.32 miles (827.72 km) NE | Sharm el-Sheikh International Airpoirt (SSH) | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | |
| 15 | 537.07 miles (864.33 km) NE | St. Catherine International Airport (SKV) | St. Catherine, Egypt | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,425.13 miles (19,996.25 km) SSE | Rurutu Airport (RUR) | Rurutu, French Polynesia | |
| 2 | 12,073.21 miles (19,429.90 km) SSW | Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT) | Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia | |
| 3 | 12,071.52 miles (19,427.18 km) SSW | Moorea Airport (MOZ) | Moorea, Windward Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 4 | 12,029.26 miles (19,359.17 km) S | Huahine – Fare Airport (HUH) | Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 5 | 12,011.66 miles (19,330.84 km) S | Bora Bora Airport (BOB) | Bora Bora, French Polynesia | |
| 6 | 12,011.60 miles (19,330.75 km) ESE | Akatoka Manava Airport (Mauke Airport) (MUK) | Mauke Island, Cook Islands | |
| 7 | 12,010.36 miles (19,328.75 km) E | Mangaia Island Airport (MGS) | Mangaia Island, Cook Islands | |
| 8 | 12,006.98 miles (19,323.31 km) S | Maupiti Airport (MAU) | Maupiti, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 9 | 11,981.90 miles (19,282.95 km) ESE | Mitiaro Island Airport (MOI) | Mitiaro Island, Cook Islands | |
| 10 | 11,916.43 miles (19,177.59 km) SW | Anaa Airport (AAA) | Anaa, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 11 | 11,882.03 miles (19,122.23 km) E | Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) | Avarua, Cook Islands | |
| 12 | 11,878.22 miles (19,116.10 km) SSW | Mataiva Airport (MVT) | Mataiva, French Polynesia | |
| 13 | 11,857.82 miles (19,083.27 km) SW | Apataki Airport (APK) | Apataki, French Polynesia | |
| 14 | 11,855.83 miles (19,080.06 km) SW | Fakarava Airport (FAV) | Fakarava, Society Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 15 | 11,845.74 miles (19,063.82 km) SSW | Arutua Airport (AXR) | Arutua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |