Nonstop flight route between Salima, Malawi and Lanzhou, Gansu, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salima Airport (LMB), Salima, Malawi and Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (ZGC), Lanzhou, Gansu, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,671 miles (or 9,127 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 Salima Airport and Lanzhou Zhongchuan 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 Salima Airport and Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LMB / FWSM |
Airport Name: | Salima Airport |
Location: | Salima, Malawi |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°45'24"S by 34°34'59"E |
Area Served: | Salima |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1688 feet (515 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LMB |
More Information: | LMB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZGC / ZLLL |
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Location: | Lanzhou, Gansu, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°30'54"N by 103°37'12"E |
Operator/Owner: | HNA Airport Group Company Ltd Gansu Division |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6388 feet (1,947 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZGC |
More Information: | ZGC Maps & Info |
Facts about Salima Airport (LMB):
- Salima Airport (LMB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Salima Airport (LMB) is Monkey Bay Airport (MYZ), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) SE of LMB.
- The furthest airport from Salima Airport (LMB) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,678 miles (18,794 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (ZGC):
- Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (ZGC) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport", other names for ZGC include "兰州中川机场" and "Lánzhōu Zhōngchuān Jīchǎng".
- 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 ZGC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ZGC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Taxi service is relatively expensive due to the long distance to the airport, about 150RMB.
- The closest airport to Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (ZGC) is Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of ZGC.
- The furthest airport from Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (ZGC) 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.
- Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport is an airport serving Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, China.