Nonstop flight route between Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom and Chaoyang, Liaoning, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Scatsta Airport (SCS), Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom and Chaoyang Airport (CHG), Chaoyang, Liaoning, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,665 miles (or 7,507 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 Scatsta Airport and Chaoyang 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 Scatsta Airport and Chaoyang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SCS / EGPM |
Airport Name: | Scatsta Airport |
Location: | Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°25'58"N by 1°17'45"W |
Area Served: | Shetland |
Operator/Owner: | Serco UK and Europe on behalf of BP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 81 feet (25 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SCS |
More Information: | SCS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CHG / ZYCY |
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Location: | Chaoyang, Liaoning, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°32'17"N by 120°26'6"E |
Operator/Owner: | Liaoning Airport Management Group Co. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 568 feet (173 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CHG |
More Information: | CHG Maps & Info |
Facts about Scatsta Airport (SCS):
- The closest airport to Scatsta Airport (SCS) is Tingwall Airport (LWK), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) S of SCS.
- The furthest airport from Scatsta Airport (SCS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,409 miles (18,361 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- It was abandoned after World War II, but reinstated as a civilian airport in 1978 to support the Shetland oil industry, and the Sullom Voe oil terminal in particular.
- Scatsta Airport (SCS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport was first developed in 1940 as RAF Scatsta, a Royal Air Force fighter plane base to support Coastal Command flying boat operations at RAF Sullom Voe, and was the most northerly base in the British Isles.
- Because of Scatsta Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Scatsta 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 first flight of the day from Scatsta to Aberdeen has no passengers from offshore – and can have anything up to about 60 passengers during the height of the season, although the figure is more commonly between 15 and 25 on an average day.
Facts about Chaoyang Airport (CHG):
- Chaoyang Airport (CHG) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Chaoyang Airport", other names for CHG include "朝阳机场" and "Chāoyáng Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Chaoyang Airport (CHG) is Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SE of CHG.
- The furthest airport from Chaoyang Airport (CHG) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Chaoyang Airport (meaning Chaoyang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.
- Because of Chaoyang Airport's relatively low elevation of 568 feet, planes can take off or land at Chaoyang 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.