Nonstop flight route between Perth, Western Australia, Australia and Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Perth Airport (PER), Perth, Western Australia, Australia and Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport (JHG), Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,858 miles (or 6,210 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 Perth Airport and Xishuangbanna Gasa International 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 Perth Airport and Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Perth Airport (PER):

• The move was agreed to by the government of the day, as the larger types of aircraft of the day being operated by the two airlines could simply not be handled at Maylands, notwithstanding the small grass airfield, lack of passenger facilities, and approaches being difficult due to surrounding industrial infrastructure.
• The Guildford Aerodrome as it was then known was at best only a basic airfield.
• Prior to the opening of the Perth Airport, civilian air services for the city were provided from Maylands Airport located in Maylands, as well as on the city's foreshore at Langley Park.
• —Text of roadside plaque in memory of John Scott.
• In 2001, after the financial collapse of Ansett Airlines, the Ansett terminal became a multi-user terminal, catering for flights from former Ansett-subsidiary Skywest, as well as Virgin Australia and now charter airlines including Alliance Airlines and previously Strategic Airlines.
• It was at this time the airport began to experience the full effects of the jet age.
• The furthest airport from Perth Airport (PER) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Perth Airport (meaning Perth Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,938 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
• Because of Perth Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Perth 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.
• Perth Airport handled 13,664,394 passengers last year.
• Despite military use of the airfield, civil services operated by Qantas Empire Airways and Australian National Airways commenced from the location in 1944.
• Towards the mid-1950s, airline travel was still only being used by a small percentage of the population.
• The closest airport to Perth Airport (PER) is Jandakot Airport (JAD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of PER.
• Perth Airport (PER) has 2 runways.

Facts about Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport (JHG):

• In addition to being known as "Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport", other names for JHG include "西双版纳嘎洒机场" and "Xishuāngbǎnnà Gāsǎ jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport (JHG) is Louangnamtha Airport (LXG), which is located 81 miles (131 kilometers) SSE of JHG.
• The furthest airport from Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport (JHG) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is located 11,871 miles (19,104 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
• Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport (JHG) currently has only 1 runway.