Nonstop flight route between Shanghai, China and Buttonville, Ontario, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), Shanghai, China and Buttonville Airport (YKZ), Buttonville, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,088 miles (or 11,408 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 Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and Buttonville 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 Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and Buttonville Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SHA / ZSSS |
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Location: | Shanghai, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°11'53"N by 121°20'11"E |
Area Served: | Shanghai |
Operator/Owner: | Shanghai Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SHA |
More Information: | SHA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YKZ / CYKZ |
Airport Name: | Buttonville Airport |
Location: | Buttonville, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°51'38"N by 79°22'6"W |
Area Served: | Markham, Ontario |
Operator/Owner: | Toronto Airways Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 650 feet (198 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YKZ |
More Information: | YKZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA):
- The closest airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) is Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) E of SHA.
- In addition to being known as "Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport", other names for SHA include "上海虹桥国际机场" and "Shànghǎi Hóngqiáo Guójì Jīchǎng".
- Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport handled 33,851,200 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) is Comodoro Pierrestegui Airport (COC), which is nearly antipodal to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (meaning Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Comodoro Pierrestegui Airport), and is located 12,397 miles (19,951 kilometers) away in Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
- Because of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Shanghai Hongqiao 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.
- Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) has 2 runways.
- Hongqiao Airport served as Shanghai's primary airport until the completion of Pudong International Airport in 1999, when almost all international flights were moved to Pudong.
Facts about Buttonville Airport (YKZ):
- Because of Buttonville Airport's relatively low elevation of 650 feet, planes can take off or land at Buttonville 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 airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
- The closest airport to Buttonville Airport (YKZ) is Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) S of YKZ.
- Flightline is available on 123.50 MHz.
- On 28 October 2010, a press release announced that a joint real estate venture had purchased the 170-acre property on 7 October, which will be re-developed by Cadillac Fairview.
- Buttonville Airport (YKZ) has 2 runways.
- The new tower was designed and built using a modular design enabling the facility to be relocated in the future.
- On 18 November 2010, a Beech 33 with a Seneca College flight instructor and two students crashed in field in Pickering, Ontario.
- On 25 May 2010, a small Cirrus SR22 4-seater plane crashed on the roof of a nearby building to the airport, which was just 500 m away.
- The furthest airport from Buttonville Airport (YKZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,402 miles (18,350 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.