Nonstop flight route between Jinchang, Gansu, China and Andenes, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jinchang Jinchuan Airport (JIC), Jinchang, Gansu, China and Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX), Andenes, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,665 miles (or 5,899 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 Jinchang Jinchuan Airport and Andøya Airport, Andenes, 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 Jinchang Jinchuan Airport and Andøya Airport, Andenes. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jinchang Jinchuan Airport (JIC):

• In addition to being known as "Jinchang Jinchuan Airport", other names for JIC include "金昌金川机场" and "Jīnchāng Jīnchuān Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Jinchang Jinchuan Airport (JIC) is Pichoy Airport (ZAL), which is nearly antipodal to Jinchang Jinchuan Airport (meaning Jinchang Jinchuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pichoy Airport), and is located 12,180 miles (19,602 kilometers) away in Valdivia, Chile.
• The closest airport to Jinchang Jinchuan Airport (JIC) is Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) NW of JIC.
• Jinchang Jinchuan Airport (JIC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX):

• Andøya Airport, Andenes handled 48,254 passengers last year.
• It soon proved difficult to provide sufficient patronage to keep operations profitable.
• The closest airport to Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX) is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN), which is located 56 miles (91 kilometers) SSW of ANX.
• In addition to being known as "Andøya Airport, Andenes", another name for ANX is "Andøya lufthavn, Andenes".
• Construction of the air station started in 1952 to host the 333 Squadron.
• The furthest airport from Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,620 miles (17,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Andøya Airport, Andenes is a domestic airport located at Andenes in Andøy, Norway, on the northern tip of the island of Andøya.
• Andøya Airport, Andenes (ANX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Andøya Airport, Andenes's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Andøya Airport, Andenes 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.
• All four people on board were killed when a private Cessna 172 crashed west of the airport just after take-off on 31 July 1988.
• Parliament decided in 1982 that Andenes would be the base for operating helicopters offshore to oil installations off Troms.
• Widerøe serves Andenes with Dash 8 aircraft on public service obligations with the Ministry of Transport and Communications.