Nonstop flight route between Lakeland, Florida, United States and Chongqing, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL), Lakeland, Florida, United States and Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG), Chongqing, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,409 miles (or 13,533 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 Lakeland Linder Regional Airport and Chongqing Jiangbei 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 Lakeland Linder Regional Airport and Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAL / KLAL |
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Location: | Lakeland, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°59'20"N by 82°1'6"W |
Area Served: | Lakeland, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lakeland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 142 feet (43 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LAL |
More Information: | LAL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CKG / ZUCK |
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Location: | Chongqing, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°43'9"N by 106°38'30"E |
Area Served: | Chongqing |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1365 feet (416 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from CKG |
More Information: | CKG Maps & Info |
Facts about Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL):
- Because of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 142 feet, planes can take off or land at Lakeland Linder Regional 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.
- The furthest airport from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,466 miles (18,453 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Lakeland Linder Regional Airport", another name for LAL is "Drane Field".
- PilotMall.com Inc., headquarters is located on the airport on the SUN 'n FUN campus on the south side of the field.
- The Lakeland VORTAC is physically located on the airfield and all runways have high intensity runway lighting and P4L precision approach path indicator systems.
- However by the early 1950s, the number of military aircraft available for conversion to commercial use dwindled and most of the surplus parts & equipment it contracted to sell were obsolete & had no market.
- The closest airport to Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) is Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of LAL.
Facts about Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG):
- There is a bus transition center between Hall A and Hall B of Terminal 2, and it offers bus services to nearby cities in Sichuan and Guizhou Province, as well as satellite cities of Chongqing Municipality.
- In addition to being known as "Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport", other names for CKG include "重庆江北国际机场" and "Chóngqìng Jiāngběi Guójì Jīchǎng".
- Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport handled 25,272,039 passengers last year.
- In terms of passenger traffic, Chongqing airport was the 9th busiest airport nationwide in 2013, handling 25,248,483 people, nearly 15 percent increase.
- In 2004, Chongqing Jiangbei Airport became one of the largest in Western China due to an expansion to Terminal 2 which opened and was originally expected to be able to handle as many as 10 million passengers by 2010.
- Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG) is Nanchong Gaoping Airport (NAO), which is located 80 miles (128 kilometers) NNW of CKG.
- The furthest airport from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (meaning Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,307 miles (19,806 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
- Located 21 km north of the city-centre of Chongqing, Jiangbei Airport serves as an important aviation hub for southwestern China.