Nonstop flight route between Yongzhou, Hunan, China and San Diego, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF), Yongzhou, Hunan, China and San Diego International Airport (SAN), San Diego, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,245 miles (or 11,660 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 Yongzhou Lingling Airport and San Diego 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 Yongzhou Lingling Airport and San Diego International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF):

• Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF) is Hengyang Bajialing Airport (HNY), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) ENE of LLF.
• In addition to being known as "Yongzhou Lingling Airport", other names for LLF include "永州零陵机场" and "Yǒngzhōu Línglíng Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF) is Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR), which is nearly antipodal to Yongzhou Lingling Airport (meaning Yongzhou Lingling Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,878 kilometers) away in El Salvador, Chile.

Facts about San Diego International Airport (SAN):

• The closest airport to San Diego International Airport (SAN) is NAS North Island (NZY), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of SAN.
• San Diego International Airport (SAN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The first scheduled jet flights at Lindbergh Field were in 1960, American Airlines Boeing 720s to Phoenix and United Airlines 720s to San Francisco.
• The furthest airport from San Diego International Airport (SAN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,540 miles (18,571 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "San Diego International Airport", another name for SAN is "Lindbergh Field".
• Because of San Diego International Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at San Diego 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.
• As of December 2012, San Diego International Airport is served by 22 passenger airlines and five cargo airlines which fly nonstop to 54 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, and Japan.
• The approach from the east is steeper than most due to terrain which drops from 266 ft to sea level in less than one nautical mile.
• The top five airlines by market share in 2011 are Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and Alaska Airlines.