Nonstop flight route between Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Jinjiang City, Quanzhou, Fujian, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shannon Airport (SNN), Shannon (County Clare), Ireland and Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN), Jinjiang City, Quanzhou, Fujian, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,224 miles (or 10,016 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 Shannon Airport and Quanzhou Jinjiang 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 Shannon Airport and Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Shannon Airport (SNN):

• It has been hinted that a route to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol or Frankfurt Airport could commence in 2015.
• In 1969, it was announced that a new government agency, Aer Rianta, would be given responsibility for Shannon Airport.
• Shannon Airport (SNN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Shannon Airport handled 1,400,032 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Shannon Airport (SNN) is Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NW of SNN.
• When World War II ended, the airport was ready to be used by the many new post-war commercial airlines of Europe and North America.
• In December 2012, it was announced that Shannon Airport would separate from the Dublin Airport Authority, who still own Dublin and Cork airports.
• The first Air Services Agreement with the United States in 1945 only permitted flights to Shannon, and only permitted Irish airlines to serve Boston, Chicago, and New York.
• The last quarter of 2012 saw a resurgence for Shannon, with new services announced for Philadelphia and Chicago, a return of Aer Lingus to JFK and Boston, and Delta to JFK, giving Shannon direct services to five US airports for 2013.
• Because of Shannon Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Shannon 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.
• In addition to being known as "Shannon Airport", another name for SNN is "Aerfort na Sionainne".
• The furthest airport from Shannon Airport (SNN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is nearly antipodal to Shannon Airport (meaning Shannon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ryan's Creek Aerodrome), and is located 12,015 miles (19,336 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.

Facts about Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN):

• The furthest airport from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (meaning Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,240 miles (19,698 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
• The closest airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN) is Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) (KNH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSW of JJN.
• Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport", other names for JJN include "泉州晋江机场" and "Quánzhōu Jìnjiāng Jīchǎng".