Nonstop flight route between Baishan, Jilin, China and Geneva, Switzerland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Changbaishan Airport (NBS), Baishan, Jilin, China and Geneva International Airport (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,355 miles (or 8,618 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 Changbaishan Airport and Geneva 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 Changbaishan Airport and Geneva 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 Changbaishan Airport (NBS):

• The furthest airport from Changbaishan Airport (NBS) is Miramar Airport (MJR), which is nearly antipodal to Changbaishan Airport (meaning Changbaishan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Miramar Airport), and is located 12,046 miles (19,386 kilometers) away in Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Changbaishan Airport", other names for NBS include "长白山机场", "Chángbáishān Jīchǎng" and "ZYBS".
• The closest airport to Changbaishan Airport (NBS) is Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport (TNH), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) W of NBS.

Facts about Geneva International Airport (GVA):

• Geneva International Airport (GVA) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of GVA.
• Geneva International Airport handled 14,436,000 passengers last year.
• To provide for jet traffic, in 1960 the runway was extended to its current length of 3,900 m.
• The airport is 4 km from the Geneva city centre.
• In addition to being known as "Geneva International Airport", another name for GVA is "Aéroport international de GenèveGenève aéroport".
• A new terminal project named 'Aile Est' starting in 2012, will modernize and extend Pier C following a complete reconstruction.
• Before passing through customs, machines dispense free 80 minute tickets for Transports Publics Genevois, which are valid for both the city buses and trains to Geneva.
• Winter weekends see dozens of coaches at the nearby Charter terminal meeting charter flights from all over Europe, but primarily the UK.
• The furthest airport from Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Geneva International Airport (meaning Geneva International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,227 miles (19,678 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Geneva International Airport has extensive convention facilities and hosts an office of the International Air Transport Association and used to host the world headquarters of Airports Council International.