Nonstop flight route between El Centro, California, United States and Daocheng, Sichuan, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK), El Centro, California, United States and Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY), Daocheng, Sichuan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,547 miles (or 12,145 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 Naval Air Facility El Centro and Daocheng Yading 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 Naval Air Facility El Centro and Daocheng Yading Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NJK / KNJK |
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Location: | El Centro, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°49'45"N by 115°40'18"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Naval Air Facility |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NJK |
More Information: | NJK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DCY / |
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Location: | Daocheng, Sichuan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°19'23"N by 100°3'11"E |
Area Served: | Daocheng, Sichuan, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 14472 feet (4,411 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DCY |
More Information: | DCY Maps & Info |
Facts about Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK):
- In addition to being known as "Naval Air Facility El Centro", another name for NJK is "KNJK - FAA: NJK".
- For the first 35 years, the mission of NAF El Centro was devoted to aeronautical escape system testing, evaluation, and design.
- Naval Air Facility El Centro or NAF El Centro is a military airport located six miles northwest of El Centro, in Imperial County, California, USA.
- The addition of the Display and Debriefing Subsystem, known as DDS, expanded the role of NAF El Centro to include air combat training by utilizing remote television, acoustical and laser scoring systems.
- Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK) is Imperial County Airport (IPL), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) E of NJK.
- Much of the movie "Jarhead" was filmed around El Centro and many of the extras from the movie were from NAF El Centro.
- The furthest airport from Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,532 miles (18,558 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY):
- Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY) currently has only 1 runway.
- Daocheng Yading Airport has a single runway that is 4,200 m long and 45 m wide.
- The furthest airport from Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,910 miles (19,167 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
- Because of Daocheng Yading Airport's high elevation of 14,472 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DCY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DCY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- At 4,411 m above sea level, Daocheng Yading is the world's highest civilian airport, surpassing the previous record holder Qamdo Bamda Airport, in Tibet, at 4,334 m.
- In addition to being known as "Daocheng Yading Airport", other names for DCY include "稻城亚丁机场", "Dàochéng Yàdīng Jīchǎng" and "ZUDC".
- The closest airport to Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY) is Dêqên Shangri-La Airport (DIG), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) SSW of DCY.