Nonstop flight route between Beijing, People's Republic of China and San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), Beijing, People's Republic of China and Las Flecheras Airport (SFD), San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,113 miles (or 14,666 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 Beijing Capital International Airport and Las Flecheras 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 Beijing Capital International Airport and Las Flecheras Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK):

• In addition to being known as "Beijing Capital International Airport", other names for PEK include "北京首都国际机场" and "Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Beijing Capital International Airport handled 83,712,355 passengers last year.
• Terminal 1, with 60,000 m2 of space, opened on 1 January 1980, and replaced the smaller existing terminal which was in operation since 1958.
• Because of Beijing Capital International Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at Beijing Capital 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.
• The closest airport to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of PEK.
• The roof of T3 has dozens of triangular windows to let in daylight.
• Along with X-ray scanners, additional equipment conducts checks such as for explosives.
• Beijing Capital International Airport is the main hub for Air China, the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China, which flies to around 120 destinations from Beijing.
• The furthest airport from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Beijing Capital International Airport (meaning Beijing Capital International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.
• The airport offers bus service to and from points throughout the city including Xidan, Beijing Railway Station, Beijing South Station, Beijing West Station, Zhongguancun, Fangzhuang and Shangdi on eleven airport bus routes.
• Construction of Terminal 3 started on 28 March 2004, and the terminal opened in two stages.
• Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) has 3 runways.
• A third runway of BCIA opened on 29 October 2007, to relieve congestion on the other two runways.

Facts about Las Flecheras Airport (SFD):

• Because of Las Flecheras Airport's relatively low elevation of 154 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Flecheras 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.
• The furthest airport from Las Flecheras Airport (SFD) is Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG), which is nearly antipodal to Las Flecheras Airport (meaning Las Flecheras Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,997 kilometers) away in Malang, East Java, Indonesia.
• Las Flecheras Airport (SFD) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Las Flecheras Airport", another name for SFD is "Aeropuerto Las Flecheras".
• The closest airport to Las Flecheras Airport (SFD) is Calabozo Airport (CLZ), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) N of SFD.