Nonstop flight route between Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong and Zagreb, Croatia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong and Zagreb International Airport (ZAG), Zagreb, Croatia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,487 miles (or 8,830 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 Zagreb 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 Zagreb 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):

• 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".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) has 2 runways.
• Hong Kong International Airport handled 59,900,000 passengers last year.
• Hong Kong International Airport covers an area of 1,255 hectares.
• SkyPlaza, Hong Kong International Airport
• Chek Lap Kok Airport was designed as a replacement for the former Hong Kong International Airport originally built in 1925.
• Opened on 6 July 1998, a week later than the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it took six years and US$20 billion to build.

Facts about Zagreb International Airport (ZAG):

• The furthest airport from Zagreb International Airport (ZAG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,809 miles (19,004 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Zagreb International Airport, also known as Pleso Airport after the nearby suburb of Pleso, is the main international airport of Croatia and also a base of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence.
• On 12 April 2012, Aeroports de Paris received a 30-year concession of the airport from the Government of Croatia.
• In addition to being known as "Zagreb International Airport", another name for ZAG is "Međunarodna zračna luka Zagreb".
• Zagreb International Airport (ZAG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Zagreb International Airport (ZAG) is Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) NNW of ZAG.
• Because of Zagreb International Airport's relatively low elevation of 353 feet, planes can take off or land at Zagreb 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.