Nonstop flight route between Jilin City, Jilin, China and Birmingham, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jilin Ertaizi Airport (JIL), Jilin City, Jilin, China and Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,095 miles (or 8,199 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 Jilin Ertaizi Airport and Birmingham 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 Jilin Ertaizi Airport and Birmingham Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jilin Ertaizi Airport (JIL):

• The closest airport to Jilin Ertaizi Airport (JIL) is Changchun Longjia International Airport (CGQ), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) W of JIL.
• The furthest airport from Jilin Ertaizi Airport (JIL) is Miramar Airport (MJR), which is located 11,980 miles (19,280 kilometers) away in Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Jilin Ertaizi Airport", another name for JIL is "吉林二台子机场".

Facts about Birmingham Airport (BHX):

• Originally, the target for completion was in time for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics.
• It's also been estimated that if these plans were to go ahead, the airport could handle around 70,000,000 passengers annually, and around 500,000 aircraft movements.
• Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
• The runway extension will be officially opened on 22 July 2014 and will be marked by a series of charter flights operated by China Southern Airlines to Beijing.
• The furthest airport from Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In September 2010 an announcement was made that following the merging of Terminals 1 & 2 in 2011, the airport would drop the International from its official name to become Birmingham Airport.
• Because of Birmingham Airport's relatively low elevation of 341 feet, planes can take off or land at Birmingham 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.
• On 23 February 2011, it was reported that Birmingham Airport had announced the HS2 extension could be a solution to runway capacity problems in London, citing that will be quicker to get to London from Birmingham than from London Stansted once completed and claimed that the airport had capacity for nine million more passengers.
• Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.