Nonstop flight route between Baghdad, Iraq and Zhijiang, Hubei, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Baghdad International Airport (SDA), Baghdad, Iraq and Zhijiang Airport (HJJ), Zhijiang, Hubei, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,861 miles (or 6,214 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 Baghdad International Airport and Zhijiang 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 Baghdad International Airport and Zhijiang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Baghdad International Airport (SDA):

• Baghdad International Airport, is Iraq's largest airport, located in a suburb about 16 km west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate.
• In April 2003, US-led forces invaded Iraq and changed the airport's name to Baghdad International Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Baghdad International Airport", other names for SDA include "مطار بغداد الدولي", "Matar Baġdād ad-Dowaly" and "BGW".
• The present airport was developed under a consortium led by French company, Spie Batignolles, under an agreement made in 1979.
• Because of Baghdad International Airport's relatively low elevation of 114 feet, planes can take off or land at Baghdad 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.
• Civilian control of the airport was returned to the Iraqi Government in 2004.
• The closest airport to Baghdad International Airport (SDA) is Baghdad International Airport (BGW), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of SDA.
• The furthest airport from Baghdad International Airport (SDA) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,732 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Baghdad International Airport (SDA) has 2 runways.

Facts about Zhijiang Airport (HJJ):

• The furthest airport from Zhijiang Airport (HJJ) is Chamonate Airfield (CPO), which is nearly antipodal to Zhijiang Airport (meaning Zhijiang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chamonate Airfield), and is located 12,425 miles (19,995 kilometers) away in Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile.
• During World War II, the airport was known as Chihkiang Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign.
• Zhijiang Airport (HJJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Zhijiang Airport", other names for HJJ include "芷江机场", "Zhǐjiāng Jīchǎng" and "ZGCJ".
• Chihkiang Air Base was also the headquarters of the Fourteenth Air Force Chinese-American Composite Wing, whose squadrons flew P-40 Warhawk aircraft.
• The closest airport to Zhijiang Airport (HJJ) is Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN), which is located 39 miles (62 kilometers) NW of HJJ.