Nonstop flight route between Beijing, China and Sherman/Denison, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), Beijing, China and North Texas Regional Airport (PNX), Sherman/Denison, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,937 miles (or 11,164 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 Beijing Nanyuan Airport and North Texas Regional 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 Beijing Nanyuan Airport and North Texas Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY):

• In addition to being known as "Beijing Nanyuan Airport", other names for NAY include "北京南苑机场" and "Běijīng Nányuàn Jīchǎng".
• A limo Beijing Airport Bus service is available to and from the Air China Building at Xidan in Beijing's city centre.
• Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) currently has only 1 runway.
• Beijing Nanyuan Airport is a military air base that also serves as the secondary airport of Beijing.
• The closest airport to Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) is Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NNE of NAY.
• Nanyuan Airport opened a new terminal in September 2013 with a designed passenger handling capacity of 6 million people.
• The furthest airport from Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Beijing Nanyuan Airport (meaning Beijing Nanyuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,355 miles (19,884 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.

Facts about North Texas Regional Airport (PNX):

• North Texas Regional Airport / Perrin Field is a county owned airport in Grayson County, Texas between Sherman and Denison.
• North Texas Regional Airport (PNX) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from North Texas Regional Airport (PNX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,878 miles (17,506 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "North Texas Regional Airport", other names for PNX include "Perrin Field" and "GYI".
• It had three runways, but one 8,000' runway is now a taxiway.
• The closest airport to North Texas Regional Airport (PNX) is Eaker Field (DUA), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) NE of PNX.
• As a reliever airport, unconfirmed reports suggest that the airport might be a third airport for the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex If this occurs, airline traffic would be focused on regional jets.
• Because of North Texas Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 749 feet, planes can take off or land at North Texas Regional 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.