Nonstop flight route between San Diego, California, United States and Yancheng, Jiangsu, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between NAS North Island (NZY), San Diego, California, United States and Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ), Yancheng, Jiangsu, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,538 miles (or 10,522 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 NAS North Island and Yancheng Nanyang 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 NAS North Island and Yancheng Nanyang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about NAS North Island (NZY):

• Because of NAS North Island's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS North Island 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.
• During World War II North Island was the major continental U.S.
• The closest airport to NAS North Island (NZY) is San Diego International Airport (SAN), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NNE of NZY.
• North Island was commissioned a Naval Air Station in 1917, called Naval Air Station San Diego until 1955.
• The furthest airport from NAS North Island (NZY) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,542 miles (18,575 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• NAS North Island features some of the warmest winter temperatures anywhere on the West coast of the continental United States.
• The Navy's first aviator, Lieutenant Theodore Ellyson, and many of his colleagues were trained at North Island starting as early as 1911.
• In addition to being known as "NAS North Island", another name for NZY is "Halsey Field".
• NAS North Island (NZY) has 2 runways.

Facts about Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ):

• The closest airport to Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ) is Huai'an Lianshui Airport (HIA), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) WNW of YNZ.
• Yancheng Nanyang Airport handled 232,315 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Yancheng Nanyang Airport", other names for YNZ include "盐城南洋机场" and "Yánchéng Nányáng Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ) is Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS), which is nearly antipodal to Yancheng Nanyang Airport (meaning Yancheng Nanyang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport), and is located 12,369 miles (19,906 kilometers) away in Rosario, Argentina.