Nonstop flight route between Ljubljana, Slovenia and Zhuhai, Guangdong, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU), Ljubljana, Slovenia and Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH), Zhuhai, Guangdong, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,538 miles (or 8,912 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 Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and Zhuhai Jinwan 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 Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and Zhuhai Jinwan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU):

• Works on the first phase began in early July 2007 to accommodate Slovenia's entry into the Schengen zone in December 2007.
• The airport was officially opened in December 1963.
• The furthest airport from Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,879 miles (19,117 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport handled 1,321,100 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) is Klagenfurt Airport (KLU), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) N of LJU.
• Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The second phase, which had been planned to begin in 2013, but was postponed indefinitely by minority shareholders of Aerodrom Ljubljana, includes the construction of a completely new airport terminal.
• In addition to being known as "Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport", another name for LJU is "Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana".

Facts about Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH):

• Zhuhai Jinwan Airport handled 2,090,491 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH) is Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU), which is nearly antipodal to Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (meaning Zhuhai Jinwan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Uyuni Joya Andina Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia.
• In addition to being known as "Zhuhai Jinwan Airport", other names for ZUH include "珠海金湾机场" and "Zhūhǎi Jīnwān Jīchǎng".
• Because of Zhuhai Jinwan Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Zhuhai Jinwan 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 closest airport to Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH) is Macau International Airport (MFM), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NE of ZUH.
• There are four airport express routes connecting the airport and downtown Zhuhai, mainly serve major hotels and city lounges in Xiangzhou, Gongbei, Jida and Tangjiawan.
• The airport hosts the largest airshow in mainland China, the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition.
• Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH) currently has only 1 runway.