Nonstop flight route between Portland, Oregon, United States and Yuncheng, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Portland International Airport (PDX), Portland, Oregon, United States and Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU), Yuncheng, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,935 miles (or 9,551 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 Portland International Airport and Yuncheng Guangong 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 Portland International Airport and Yuncheng Guangong Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Portland International Airport (PDX):

• During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces.
• The closest airport to Portland International Airport (PDX) is Portland-Troutdale Airport (TTD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of PDX.
• Portland's main airport has been in two other incarnations.
• In the 1980s Air California had nonstop flights to Seattle, Reno and the Bay Area.
• The international section of Concourse D was renamed the Governor Victor G.
• Plans made in 1968 to add a third runway by means of filling in parts of the Columbia River were met with vocal public opposition and scrapped.
• PDX has direct connections to major airport hubs throughout the United States, plus non-stop international flights to Canada, Japan, and the Netherlands.
• The furthest airport from Portland International Airport (PDX) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,903 miles (17,546 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Portland International Airport handled 1,502,956 passengers last year.
• In 1948 the entire airport grounds were flooded during the Vanport Flood, forcing scheduled airline services to reroute to nearby Troutdale Airport.
• Because of Portland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland International 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.
• Portland International Airport (PDX) has 3 runways.

Facts about Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU):

• The airport was opened in February 2005, and expansion was started in May 2007 and completed in August 2008, with a total investment of 350 million yuan.
• The closest airport to Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU) is Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) ESE of YCU.
• In addition to being known as "Yuncheng Guangong Airport", other names for YCU include "运城关公机场" and "Yùnchéng Guāngōng Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU) is Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS), which is nearly antipodal to Yuncheng Guangong Airport (meaning Yuncheng Guangong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina.