Nonstop flight route between Lanzhou, Gansu, China and Mirgorod, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW), Lanzhou, Gansu, China and Myrhorod Airport (MXR), Mirgorod, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,508 miles (or 5,645 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 Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport and Myrhorod 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 Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport and Myrhorod Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW):

• The construction of a railway line between the airport and the city started on 2012-12-21.
• Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW) is Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (ZGC), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of LHW.
• The furthest airport from Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is nearly antipodal to Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (meaning Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Carriel Sur International Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport", other names for LHW include "兰州中川机场", "Lánzhōu Zhōngchuān Jīchǎng" and "ZGC".
• Airport Express Shuttle Bus service is available on a single route from the airport to the Lanzhou Eastern Hotel, Tianshui Middle Road, opposite Lanzhou University western gate.
• Because of Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport's high elevation of 6,388 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LHW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LHW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Myrhorod Airport (MXR):

• Today it is home to the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade, Air Command Centre, Ukrainian Air Force.
• The closest airport to Myrhorod Airport (MXR) is Kremenchuk (Velyka Kokhnivka) Airport (KHU), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) S of MXR.
• Shuttle bombing operations under Operation Frantic ended in September 1944, and the Americans consolidated operations at Poltava for the remainder of the war.
• In addition to being known as "Myrhorod Airport", another name for MXR is "Аеропорт «Миргород»".
• The furthest airport from Myrhorod Airport (MXR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,965 miles (17,646 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Myrhorod Airport (MXR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Myrhorod Airport is an airport located approximately 5 kilometres southeast of Myrhorod, in the Poltava region of Ukraine.