Nonstop flight route between Ladouanie, Suriname and Chengdu, Sichuan, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laduani Airstrip (LDO), Ladouanie, Suriname and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), Chengdu, Sichuan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,663 miles (or 15,552 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 Laduani Airstrip and Chengdu Shuangliu 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 Laduani Airstrip and Chengdu Shuangliu 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 Laduani Airstrip (LDO):

• Because of Laduani Airstrip's relatively low elevation of 236 feet, planes can take off or land at Laduani Airstrip 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.
• In addition to being known as "Laduani Airstrip", another name for LDO is "SMDO".
• The closest airport to Laduani Airstrip (LDO) is Botopasi Airstrip (BTO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of LDO.
• The furthest airport from Laduani Airstrip (LDO) is Namrole Airport (NRE), which is nearly antipodal to Laduani Airstrip (meaning Laduani Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Namrole Airport), and is located 12,287 miles (19,774 kilometers) away in Buru, Indonesia.

Facts about Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU):

• The airport, formerly named Shuangguisi Airport, opened in capacity as an auxiliary military airfield in 1938 during the second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
• The closest airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) NE of CTU.
• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) has 2 runways.
• The construction of its second runway started from late 2008 and has started service in December 2009.
• One of the lifts of Terminal 2, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport handled 31,500,000 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (meaning Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport", other names for CTU include "成都双流国际机场" and "Chéngdū Shuāngliú Guójì Jīchǎng".