Nonstop flight route between Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Zhaotong, Yunnan, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Zhaotong Airport (ZAT), Zhaotong, Yunnan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,203 miles (or 11,592 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Zhaotong 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Zhaotong Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SLC / KSLC | 
| Airport Name: | Salt Lake City International Airport | 
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°47'17"N by 111°58'40"W | 
| Area Served: | Northern Utah area and beyond | 
| Operator/Owner: | Salt Lake City | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4227 feet (1,288 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 4 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SLC | 
| More Information: | SLC Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZAT / ZPZT | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Zhaotong, Yunnan, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°19'40"N by 103°45'24"E | 
| Area Served: | Zhaotong, Yunnan | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ZAT | 
| More Information: | ZAT Maps & Info | 
Facts about Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC):
- Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Salt Lake City International Airport's high elevation of 4,227 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Skypark Airport (BTF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of SLC.
- Recently the airport has upgraded its access roads and parking facilities in preparation for a new terminal.
- The airport handled 156,319 metric tonnes of cargo in 2008.
- For several years the new field was used mainly for training and aerobatic flights.
- Salt Lake City International also houses a hangar and line maintenance facility for Delta Air Lines' primary maintenance, repair and overhaul arm, Delta TechOps.
- Salt Lake City International Airport handled 20,102,078 passengers last year.
Facts about Zhaotong Airport (ZAT):
- In addition to being known as "Zhaotong Airport", other names for ZAT include "昭通机场" and "Zhāotōng Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Zhaotong Airport (ZAT) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is nearly antipodal to Zhaotong Airport (meaning Zhaotong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chañaral Airport), and is located 12,083 miles (19,445 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
- The closest airport to Zhaotong Airport (ZAT) is Bijie Feixiong Airport (BFJ), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) E of ZAT.




