Nonstop flight route between Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Greenfield, Indiana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ngari Gunsa Airport (NGQ), Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Pope Field (GFD), Greenfield, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,386 miles (or 11,887 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 Ngari Gunsa Airport and Pope Field, 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 Ngari Gunsa Airport and Pope Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NGQ / ZUAL |
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Location: | Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°6'30"N by 80°3'10"E |
Area Served: | Shiquanhe |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 14022 feet (4,274 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from NGQ |
More Information: | NGQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GFD / KGFD |
Airport Name: | Pope Field |
Location: | Greenfield, Indiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°47'25"N by 85°44'9"W |
Area Served: | Greenfield, Indiana |
Operator/Owner: | Pope Airport Inc. |
Airport Type: | Public use |
Elevation: | 895 feet (273 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GFD |
More Information: | GFD Maps & Info |
Facts about Ngari Gunsa Airport (NGQ):
- In addition to being known as "Ngari Gunsa Airport", other names for NGQ include "阿里昆莎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་" and "Ālǐ Kūnshā Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Ngari Gunsa Airport (NGQ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,774 miles (18,948 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Ngari Gunsa Airport's high elevation of 14,022 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NGQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NGQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Ngari Gunsa Airport (NGQ) is Bhuntar Airport (KUU), which is located 171 miles (275 kilometers) W of NGQ.
Facts about Pope Field (GFD):
- Because of Pope Field's relatively low elevation of 895 feet, planes can take off or land at Pope Field 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.
- The furthest airport from Pope Field (GFD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,219 miles (18,056 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Pope Field (GFD) is Anderson Municipal Airport (AID), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NNE of GFD.
- Pope Field (GFD) currently has only 1 runway.