Nonstop flight route between Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China and Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT), Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China and Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK), Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,596 miles (or 7,397 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 Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport and Glasgow-Prestwick Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RHT / |
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Location: | Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°12'47"N by 101°38'39"E |
Area Served: | Badanjilin, Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China |
Operator/Owner: | Inner Mongolia Civil Airports Group Co. |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from RHT |
More Information: | RHT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIK / EGPK |
Airport Name: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport |
Location: | Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°30'33"N by 4°35'39"W |
Area Served: | Glasgow, Prestwick, Strathclyde, Scotland |
Operator/Owner: | Scottish Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 65 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PIK |
More Information: | PIK Maps & Info |
Facts about Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT):
- The closest airport to Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT) is Zhangye Ganzhou Airport (YZY), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) WSW of RHT.
- In addition to being known as "Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport", another name for RHT is "阿拉善右旗巴丹吉林机场".
- The furthest airport from Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT) is Pichoy Airport (ZAL), which is nearly antipodal to Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (meaning Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pichoy Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,560 kilometers) away in Valdivia, Chile.
Facts about Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK):
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport handled 1,145,836 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Glasgow International Airport (GLA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNE of PIK.
- There had been proposed plans drawn up pre-war for the post war years which would have been classed as extremely ambitious, especially in the austere post-war years.
- After British Airways had ceased regular passenger operations in 1983, BA continued to intermittently use Prestwick as a site for pilot training, especially for training Concorde pilots.
- On 6 July 2005, Prestwick Airport became the entry point for the participants in the 31st G8 summit held in Gleneagles.
- Because of Glasgow-Prestwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Glasgow-Prestwick 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.
- 2009 saw the unit break a new record as they were tasked to 447 call outs.
- The car park and A79 outside the terminal building have been reconstructed to comply with governmental movement and access restrictions mandated in the aftermath of the Glasgow International Airport terrorist attack.
- In physical terms, Prestwick is Scotland's largest commercial airfield, although in passenger traffic terms it sits in fourth place after Edinburgh Airport, Glasgow International, and Aberdeen Airport.
- The furthest airport from Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,764 miles (18,932 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) has 2 runways.