Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Jining, Shandong, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between London City Airport (LCY), London, England, United Kingdom and Jining Qufu Airport (JNG), Jining, Shandong, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,311 miles (or 8,548 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 London City Airport and Jining Qufu 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 London City Airport and Jining Qufu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about London City Airport (LCY):

• Construction began on the site shortly after permission was granted, with Charles, Prince of Wales laying the foundation stone of the terminal building, designed by R Seifert and Partners, on 2 May 1986.
• The closest airport to London City Airport (LCY) is London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) S of LCY.
• London City Airport (LCY) currently has only 1 runway.
• London City Airport handled 3,379,753 passengers last year.
• Because of London City Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at London City 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.
• Corporate aircraft such as the Beechcraft Super King Air, Cessna CitationJet series, Hawker 400, Hawker 800, Piaggio Avanti and variants of the Dassault Falcon business jets are increasingly common.
• The size and layout of the airport and overall complexity caused by the lack of taxiways mean that the airport gets very busy during peak hours.
• London City Airport was granted planning permission to construct an extended apron with four additional aircraft parking stands and four new gates to the east of the terminal in 2001.
• The furthest airport from London City Airport (LCY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,881 miles (19,121 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Jining Qufu Airport (JNG):

• Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) is Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ), which is located 109 miles (176 kilometers) SE of 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.
• 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".