Nonstop flight route between Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong and Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong and Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ), Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,828 miles (or 9,379 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 Hong Kong International Airport and Aberdeen 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 Hong Kong International Airport and Aberdeen 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 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG):

• The closest airport to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is Shun Tak Heliport (HHP), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) E of HKG.
• The furthest airport from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA), which is nearly antipodal to Hong Kong International Airport (meaning Hong Kong International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport), and is located 12,334 miles (19,850 kilometers) away in Tarija, Bolivia.
• Terminal 1 of the HKIA is the third largest airport passenger terminal building in the world with an area measuring 570,000 m2, after Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3 and Beijing Capital International Airport's Terminal 3.
• In addition to being known as "Hong Kong International Airport", other names for HKG include "Chek Lap Kok Airport" and "香港國際機場赤鱲角機場".
• Terminal 2, together with the Skyplaza, opened on 28 February 2007 along with the opening of the Airport Station's Platform 3.
• Hong Kong International Airport handled 59,900,000 passengers last year.
• HKIA is an important contributor to Hong Kong's economy, with approximately 65,000 employees.
• Because of Hong Kong International Airport's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Hong Kong 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.
• Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) has 2 runways.
• The detailed design for the airport terminal was awarded to a consortium led by Mott Connell with British Airports Authority as specialist designers for airport related aspects, Foster and Partners as architects and Ove Arup as specialist structural designers for the roof.
• The head office of Hong Kong Airlines was previously on Level 2 of the CNAC House at HKIA.

Facts about Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ):

• The airfield was bombed by the Luftwaffe on 26 July 1940 and 27 August 1940, no damage was reported.
• Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• BAA predicts passenger numbers at Aberdeen will rise to 5.9 million by 2030, and says the expansion will create more than 1,200 jobs at the airport and many more across Scotland.
• General aviation flight training for private pilots licenses takes place from the East Side of the airport and located in the ground Handling agents premises.
• In addition to being known as "Aberdeen International Airport", other names for ABZ include "Aberdeen/Dyce Airport" and "Port-adhair Obar Dheathain".
• A Spitfire IIa crashed at the east side of the airfield on 19 November 1941 during attack practice with a target glider being towed.
• The furthest airport from Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,616 miles (18,694 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Because of Aberdeen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 215 feet, planes can take off or land at Aberdeen 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 closest airport to Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) NW of ABZ.
• During air raids in the Second World War, aircraft were moved to East Fingask beside Oldmeldrum.
• Aberdeen International Airport handled 3,440,765 passengers last year.
• The airport was nationalized in 1947 and was transferred to the control of the British Airports Authority in 1975.