Nonstop flight route between St. Joseph, Missouri, United States and Beijing, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rosecrans Memorial Airport (STJ), St. Joseph, Missouri, United States and Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), Beijing, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,596 miles (or 10,616 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 Rosecrans Memorial Airport and Beijing Nanyuan 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 Rosecrans Memorial Airport and Beijing Nanyuan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Rosecrans Memorial Airport (STJ):

• The closest airport to Rosecrans Memorial Airport (STJ) is Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base (FLV), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) S of STJ.
• The Great Flood of 1993 destroyed the City Administration Building and the Cockpit Cafe.
• Rosecrans Memorial Airport is located on a field that was once referred to as the French Bottoms.
• Rosecrans Memorial Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located three miles northwest of the city of St.
• Rosecrans Memorial Airport (STJ) has 2 runways.
• Construction during the next twenty years included a main hangar building, a flight office building, an emergency generator building, a center taxiway, and a runway.
• The furthest airport from Rosecrans Memorial Airport (STJ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,738 miles (17,281 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• An additional tenant command at Rosecrans ANGB is the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, a combined activity of both the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve Command.
• The Great Flood of 1951 damaged many of the temporary World War II airport buildings beyond economical repair.
• Because of Rosecrans Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 826 feet, planes can take off or land at Rosecrans Memorial 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 "Rosecrans Memorial Airport", another name for STJ is "Rosecrans Army Airfield".

Facts about Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY):

• The closest airport to Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) is Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NNE of NAY.
• In addition to being known as "Beijing Nanyuan Airport", other names for NAY include "北京南苑机场" and "Běijīng Nányuàn Jīchǎng".
• Beijing Nanyuan Airport is a military air base that also serves as the secondary airport of Beijing.
• In 2008, Nanyuan Airport witnessed a high growth rate.
• Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Beijing Nanyuan Airport (meaning Beijing Nanyuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,355 miles (19,884 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.