Nonstop flight route between Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Xianyang, Shaanxi, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Munich Airport (MUC), Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY), Xianyang, Shaanxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,777 miles (or 7,687 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 Munich Airport and Xi'an Xianyang 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 Munich Airport and Xi'an Xianyang 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 Munich Airport (MUC):

• The terminal is operated by Terminal-2-Betriebsgesellschaft, which is owned by Flughafen München GmbH and Lufthansa.
• In addition to being known as "Munich Airport", another name for MUC is "Flughafen München".
• The airport is named after Franz Josef Strauß, who played a prominent, albeit sometimes controversial role in politics of the Federal Republic of Germany from the 1950s until his death in 1988.
• Munich Airport handled 38,672,644 passengers last year.
• In August 2007, the airport operator applied for a planning permission from the government of Upper Bavaria.
• Munich Airport (MUC) has 2 runways.
• Due to the rapid increase in traffic Munich is currently slot constrained and a third runway is now being planned.
• The furthest airport from Munich Airport (MUC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,933 miles (19,204 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Munich Airport (MUC) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of MUC.
• Terminal 1 is the older terminal and commenced operation when the airport was opened on 17 May 1992.

Facts about Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY):

• Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) has 2 runways.
• Xi'an Xianyang International Airport handled 23,420,654 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) is Xi'an Xiguan Airport (SIA), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) ESE of XIY.
• Before Xianyang Airport was built, Xi'an was served by Xi'an Xiguan Airport.
• The furthest airport from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) is La Unión Airport (LUI), which is nearly antipodal to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (meaning Xi'an Xianyang International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Unión Airport), and is located 12,412 miles (19,976 kilometers) away in La Unión, Honduras[disambiguation needed].
• In 2012, the airport handled 23,420,654 passengers, making it the busiest airport in northwest China and the 8th busiest nationwide.
• In addition to being known as "Xi'an Xianyang International Airport", other names for XIY include "西安咸阳国际机场" and "Xī'ān Xiányáng Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Terminal 3 and the second runway were opened on 3 May 2012, increasing the airport's capacity to more than 33 million passengers a year.