Nonstop flight route between Houma, Louisiana, United States and Beijing, People's Republic of China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Houma–Terrebonne Airport (HUM), Houma, Louisiana, United States and Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), Beijing, People's Republic of China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,317 miles (or 11,776 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 Houma–Terrebonne Airport and Beijing Capital 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 Houma–Terrebonne Airport and Beijing Capital 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 Houma–Terrebonne Airport (HUM):

• Houma–Terrebonne Airport covers an area of 1,813 acres and has two concrete paved runways.
• Houma–Terrebonne Airport (HUM) has 2 runways.
• Because of Houma–Terrebonne Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Houma–Terrebonne 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.
• Houma Airport started originally as Naval Air Station Houma, LA on May 1, 1943 as a station for Lighter-than-Air airships.
• The closest airport to Houma–Terrebonne Airport (HUM) is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) NE of HUM.
• The furthest airport from Houma–Terrebonne Airport (HUM) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,143 miles (17,934 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.

Facts about Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK):

• Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) has 3 runways.
• Terminal 3 has 243 elevators, escalators or moving walkways.
• Terminal 3 has a 300,000 m2 transportation centre with 7,000 car-parking space.
• Because of Beijing Capital International Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at Beijing Capital 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.
• An indoor garden is constructed in the T3E waiting area, in the style of imperial gardens such as the Summer Palace.
• To accommodate the growing traffic volume, Beijing Capital added the enormous Terminal 3 in 2008 in time for the Olympic Games, the second largest airport terminal in the world after Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3, and the sixth largest building in the world by area.
• Another expansion, Terminal 3 was completed in February 2008, in time for the Beijing Olympics.
• In addition to being known as "Beijing Capital International Airport", other names for PEK include "北京首都国际机场" and "Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of PEK.
• Beijing Capital International Airport handled 83,712,355 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Beijing Capital International Airport (meaning Beijing Capital International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.
• Construction of Terminal 3 started on 28 March 2004, and the terminal opened in two stages.