Nonstop flight route between Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ), Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,187 miles (or 11,567 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 O. R. Tambo International Airport and Wenzhou Longwan 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 O. R. Tambo International Airport and Wenzhou Longwan 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 O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB):

• The airport was founded in 1952 as "Jan Smuts Airport", two years after his death, near the town of Kempton Park on the East Rand.
• The furthest airport from O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,979 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
• Because of O. R. Tambo International Airport's high elevation of 5,558 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JNB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JNB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The Central Terminal Building will boost capacity at the landside of the terminal in 3 levels, also allowing direct access from international and domestic terminals.
• On 10 January 2013 the airport's ICAO code was changed from FAJS to FAOR.
• O. R. Tambo International Airport handled 18,794,897 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "O. R. Tambo International Airport", another name for JNB is "Johannesburg International Airport".
• The closest airport to O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is Rand Airport (QRA), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of JNB.
• O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) has 2 runways.
• The airport is easily accessible by car and it is located in North-East Johannesburg on the R24 Airport Freeway, which can be accessed by the R24 and the R21 highway.

Facts about Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ):

• Wenzhou Longwan International Airport handled 5,326,802 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ) is Resistencia International Airport (RES), which is nearly antipodal to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (meaning Wenzhou Longwan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Resistencia International Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,963 kilometers) away in Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.
• Construction of the new Terminal 2 officially began on 11 November 2011.
• Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ) is Taizhou Luqiao Airport (HYN), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) NE of WNZ.
• In addition to being known as "Wenzhou Longwan International Airport", other names for WNZ include "温州龙湾国际机场" and "Wēnzhōu Lóngwān Guójì Jīchǎng".
• The airport was opened for civil service on July 12, 1990.