Nonstop flight route between Eastleigh (near Southampton), England, United Kingdom and Ningbo, Zhejiang, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Southampton Airport (SOU), Eastleigh (near Southampton), England, United Kingdom and Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB), Ningbo, Zhejiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,861 miles (or 9,433 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 Southampton Airport and Ningbo Lishe International 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 Southampton Airport and Ningbo Lishe International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Southampton Airport (SOU):

• Southampton Airport is served by a dedicated mainline railway station, Southampton Airport Parkway.
• The closest airport to Southampton Airport (SOU) is Lasham Airfield (QLA), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NE of SOU.
• Because of Southampton Airport's relatively low elevation of 44 feet, planes can take off or land at Southampton 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 1932 Southampton Corporation purchased the site and it became "Southampton Municipal Airport".
• The furthest airport from Southampton Airport (SOU) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,918 miles (19,179 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• Southampton Airport (SOU) currently has only 1 runway.
• After that war, the site became a transit camp for refugees, mainly Russian, who were anxious to sail to America from the port of Southampton.
• Southampton Airport handled 1,722,758 passengers last year.

Facts about Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB):

• The furthest airport from Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) is Curuzú Cuatiá Airport (UZU), which is nearly antipodal to Ningbo Lishe International Airport (meaning Ningbo Lishe International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Curuzú Cuatiá Airport), and is located 12,403 miles (19,961 kilometers) away in Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes, Argentina.
• The closest airport to Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) is Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), which is located 54 miles (88 kilometers) E of NGB.
• Because of Ningbo Lishe International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Ningbo Lishe 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.
• In July 1992, the airport opened for international service and the first international service was opened to Hong Kong later the same year.
• Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is one of the fastest growing airport in China.
• In addition to being known as "Ningbo Lishe International Airport", other names for NGB include "宁波栎社国际机场" and "Níngbō Lìshè Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Ningbo Lishe International Airport handled 5,014,002 passengers last year.