Nonstop flight route between Longyan, Fujian, China and St. Louis, Missouri, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Longyan Guanzhishan Airport (LCX), Longyan, Fujian, China and Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL), St. Louis, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,653 miles (or 12,316 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 Longyan Guanzhishan Airport and Lambert–St. Louis 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 Longyan Guanzhishan Airport and Lambert–St. Louis 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 Longyan Guanzhishan Airport (LCX):

• The furthest airport from Longyan Guanzhishan Airport (LCX) is Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC), which is nearly antipodal to Longyan Guanzhishan Airport (meaning Longyan Guanzhishan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport), and is located 12,297 miles (19,789 kilometers) away in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Longyan Guanzhishan Airport", other names for LCX include "龙岩冠豸山机场", "Lóngyán Guānzhìshān Jīchǎng" and "ZSLD".
• The closest airport to Longyan Guanzhishan Airport (LCX) is Meixian Airport (MXZ), which is located 99 miles (160 kilometers) SSW of LCX.
• Longyan Guanzhishan Airport (LCX) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL):

• The airport grew from a balloon launching base, Kinloch Field, part of the 1890s Kinloch Park suburban development.
• Ozark Airlines established its only hub at Lambert in the late 1950s.
• On July 16, 2003, AA announced it was significantly reducing its Lambert hub effective November 1, 2003, cutting it from 417 daily flights to 207, effective November 1, 2003.
• Because of Lambert–St. Louis International Airport's relatively low elevation of 605 feet, planes can take off or land at Lambert–St. Louis International 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.
• However, TWA faced increasing problems as overall airline demand softened in response to a softening overall economy.
• The closest airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) is St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS), which is located only 16 miles (27 kilometers) SE of STL.
• As of May 2012, the airport is on a significant upswing, with traffic up by about 14%.
• The furthest airport from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,986 miles (17,681 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• To handle the increasing passenger traffic, Minoru Yamasaki was commissioned to design a new terminal at Lambert.
• Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) has 4 runways.
• Robertson Airlines, Marquette Airlines, and Eastern Air Lines provided passenger service to St.