Nonstop flight route between Kiryat Shmona (Qiryat Shemona), Israel and Yanji, Jilin, China:
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Arrival Airport:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), Kiryat Shmona (Qiryat Shemona), Israel and Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ), Yanji, Jilin, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,880 miles (or 7,854 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 Kiryat Shmona Airport and Yanji Chaoyangchuan 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 Kiryat Shmona Airport and Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KSW / LLKS |
Airport Name: | Kiryat Shmona Airport |
Location: | Kiryat Shmona (Qiryat Shemona), Israel |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°13'0"N by 35°35'48"E |
Area Served: | Kiryat Shmona |
Operator/Owner: | Disputed |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 376 feet (115 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KSW |
More Information: | KSW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YNJ / ZYYJ |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Yanji, Jilin, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°52'58"N by 129°27'3"E |
Area Served: | Yanji |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 623 feet (190 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YNJ |
More Information: | YNJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW):
- Because of Kiryat Shmona Airport's relatively low elevation of 376 feet, planes can take off or land at Kiryat Shmona 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.
- Arkia handled domestic flights until end of 2003, when it closed down due to a lack of passenger traffic.
- Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,579 miles (18,635 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- Old terminal, permanently closed
- The next closest airport is Ben Ya'akov near Rosh Pina, 30 km south.
- Kiryat Shmona Airport is a public Israeli airport located 2 km east of the northern town of Kiryat Shmona.
- Tamir Airways announced that it would stop flying to Upper Galilee shortly before the Second Lebanon War broke out, but they changed their mind because they saw it as a "mission of national importance".
- The closest airport to Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) is Beirut Air Base (BEY), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) N of KSW.
Facts about Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ):
- Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport handled 1,016,274 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ) is Miramar Airport (MJR), which is located 11,936 miles (19,209 kilometers) away in Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ) is Chongjin Airport (RGO), which is located 101 miles (162 kilometers) S of YNJ.
- Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport", other names for YNJ include "延吉朝阳川机场Yánjí Chāoyángchuān Jīchǎng" and "연길조양천공항延吉朝陽川空港Yeongil Joyangcheon Gonghang".
- Because of Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport's relatively low elevation of 623 feet, planes can take off or land at Yanji Chaoyangchuan 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.