Nonstop flight route between Peshawar, Pakistan and Hangzhou, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW), Peshawar, Pakistan and Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH), Hangzhou, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,848 miles (or 4,583 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 Bacha Khan International Airport and Hangzhou Xiaoshan 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 Bacha Khan International Airport and Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW):

• The airport traces its origins to 1927 when there was a small airfield that catered to much of the British Empire and aircraft that were either travelling onwards to the east or west.
• The furthest airport from Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,962 miles (19,250 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW) is Jalalabad Airport د جلال اباد هوائی ډګر (JAA), which is located 64 miles (104 kilometers) WNW of PEW.
• In January 2008 the provincial government meet to discuss the expansion work needed to upgrade the quality of the aircraft in terms of facilities, terminal modernisation and cargo growth.
• Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bacha Khan International Airport handled 103,525 passengers last year.

Facts about Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH):

• On the evening of 9 July 2010, the airport was shut down for an hour when an unidentified flying object was detected.
• The furthest airport from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) is Reconquista Airport (RCQ), which is nearly antipodal to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (meaning Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Reconquista Airport), and is located 12,366 miles (19,901 kilometers) away in Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina.
• The Airport is accessed by Airport Road, which connects to the Airport Expressway and is linked to downtown Hangzhou by the Xixing Bridge.
• In addition to being known as "Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport", other names for HGH include "杭州萧山国际机场" and "Hángzhōu Xiāoshān Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) is Yiwu Airport (YIW), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) SSW of HGH.
• In 2013, Hangzhou airport handled 22,114,103 passengers, which ranked 10th in terms of passenger traffic in China.
• The new runway is 3,400 metres long and 60 metres wide, which is capable of handling the Airbus A380.
• Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport handled 22,114,103 passengers last year.
• The airport was a hub of CNAC Zhejiang.
• Because of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Hangzhou Xiaoshan 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.