Nonstop flight route between St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Tangshan, Hebei, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between St Mary's Airport (ISC), St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS), Tangshan, Hebei, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,381 miles (or 8,660 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 St Mary's Airport and Tangshan Sannühe 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 St Mary's Airport and Tangshan Sannühe Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about St Mary's Airport (ISC):

• St Mary's Airport handled 89,170 passengers last year.
• On 2 May 1964, BEA replaced its Dragon Rapides on the Land's End route with a single Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, operated by BEA Helicopters.
• In addition to being known as "St Mary's Airport", other names for ISC include "Isles of Scilly Airport" and "Scilly Isles/St Mary's Airport".
• St Mary's Airport (ISC) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to St Mary's Airport (meaning St Mary's Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,501 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Because of St Mary's Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at St Mary's 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 St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Tresco Heliport (TSO), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NW of ISC.
• In May 2013, the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company and the Council of the Isles of Scilly submitted a joint bid for finance from the European Regional Development Fund for improvements to the terminal, new lighting and navigational systems and runway resurfacing, together with runway resurfacing at Land's End Airport.
• In February 2014, the Council of the Isles of Scilly approved a plan to share the management of St Mary's Airport with Westward Airways, who operate Land's End Airport.

Facts about Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS):

• In addition to being known as "Tangshan Sannühe Airport", other names for TVS include "唐山三女河机场", "Tángshān Sānnǚhé Jīchǎng" and "ZBTS".
• Tangshan Sannühe Airport handled 109,000 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS) is Comandante Espora Airport (BHI), which is nearly antipodal to Tangshan Sannühe Airport (meaning Tangshan Sannühe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Comandante Espora Airport), and is located 12,367 miles (19,903 kilometers) away in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
• The closest airport to Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS) is Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) SW of TVS.