Nonstop flight route between Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands and Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Providenciales International Airport (PLS), Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands and Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC), Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,721 miles (or 12,425 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 Providenciales International Airport and Ürümqi Diwopu 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 Providenciales International Airport and Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PLS / MBPV |
Airport Name: | Providenciales International Airport |
Location: | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°46'24"N by 72°15'56"W |
Operator/Owner: | Providenciales Airport Company |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PLS |
More Information: | PLS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | URC / ZWWW |
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Location: | Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°54'25"N by 87°28'27"E |
Area Served: | Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China |
Operator/Owner: | Xinjiang Airport Group Co. Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2126 feet (648 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from URC |
More Information: | URC Maps & Info |
Facts about Providenciales International Airport (PLS):
- The closest airport to Providenciales International Airport (PLS) is North Caicos Airport (NCA), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) ENE of PLS.
- Providenciales International Airport (PLS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Providenciales International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Providenciales 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 furthest airport from Providenciales International Airport (PLS) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Providenciales International Airport (meaning Providenciales International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,029 miles (19,358 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC):
- In addition to being known as "Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport", other names for URC include "ئۈرۈمچى دىئوپا خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى乌鲁木齐地窝堡国际机场" and "Wūlǔmùqí Dìwōpù Guójì Jīcháng".
- When the airline existed, China Xinjiang Airlines had its headquarters on the airport property.
- The furthest airport from Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) is Gamboa Airport (WCA), which is located 11,489 miles (18,490 kilometers) away in Castro, Chile.
- The closest airport to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) is Turpan Jiaohe Airport (TLQ), which is located 102 miles (163 kilometers) SE of URC.
- Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Construction of Terminal 3 to the west of the older terminal building began in April 2007 at a cost of 2.8 billion yuan.
- Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport handled 11,078,597 passengers last year.