Nonstop flight route between Jining, Shandong, China and Akrotiri, Cyprus:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jining Qufu Airport (JNG), Jining, Shandong, China and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,565 miles (or 7,346 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 Jining Qufu Airport and RAF Akrotiri, 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 Jining Qufu Airport and RAF Akrotiri. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jining Qufu Airport (JNG):

• The furthest airport from Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) is General Pico Airport (GPO), which is nearly antipodal to Jining Qufu Airport (meaning Jining Qufu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from General Pico Airport), and is located 12,408 miles (19,969 kilometers) away in General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina.
• The closest airport to Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) is Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ), which is located 109 miles (176 kilometers) SE of JNG.
• Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Jining Qufu Airport", other names for JNG include "济宁曲阜机场", "Jìníng Qūfù Jīchǎng" and "ZSJG".

Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):

• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• In March 2011, the station was used as a staging base for support aircraft involved in Operation Ellamy.
• In July 2006 RAF Akrotiri played a major role as a transit point for personnel evacuations out of Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• The attack on Egypt was a military success, despite interference in the plan which reduced its effectiveness.
• A constant problem of airfields located outside the territory of the country whose forces are based there is that of overflight rights.
• The furthest airport from RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,556 miles (18,598 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.