Nonstop flight route between Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States and Lanzhou, Gansu, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL), Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States and Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW), Lanzhou, Gansu, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,298 miles (or 11,745 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 Shawnee Regional Airport and Lanzhou Zhongchuan 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 Shawnee Regional Airport and Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SNL / KSNL |
Airport Name: | Shawnee Regional Airport |
Location: | Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°21'25"N by 96°56'34"W |
Area Served: | Shawnee, Oklahoma |
Operator/Owner: | City of Shawnee |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1073 feet (327 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SNL |
More Information: | SNL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LHW / ZLLL |
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Location: | Lanzhou, Gansu, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°30'54"N by 103°37'12"E |
Operator/Owner: | HNA Airport Group Company Ltd Gansu Division |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6388 feet (1,947 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LHW |
More Information: | LHW Maps & Info |
Facts about Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL):
- Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Shawnee Regional Airport covers 520 acres at an elevation of 1,073 feet.
- The closest airport to Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL) is Tinker Air Force Base (TIK), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) W of SNL.
- The furthest airport from Shawnee Regional Airport (SNL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,825 miles (17,421 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW):
- Because of Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport's high elevation of 6,388 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LHW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LHW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Taxi service is relatively expensive due to the long distance to the airport, about 150RMB.
- The furthest airport from Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is nearly antipodal to Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (meaning Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Carriel Sur International Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport", other names for LHW include "兰州中川机场", "Lánzhōu Zhōngchuān Jīchǎng" and "ZGC".
- The closest airport to Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW) is Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (ZGC), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of LHW.
- The construction of a railway line between the airport and the city started on 2012-12-21.
- Lanzhou Airport is a focus city for Hainan Airlines.
- Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW) currently has only 1 runway.