Nonstop flight route between Berlin, Germany and Beijing, People's Republic of China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF), Berlin, Germany and Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), Beijing, People's Republic of China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,570 miles (or 7,355 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 Berlin Schönefeld Airport and Beijing Capital 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 Berlin Schönefeld Airport and Beijing Capital 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 Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF):

• In addition to being known as "Berlin Schönefeld Airport", other names for SXF include "Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld" and "EDDB, ETBS".
• Berlin Schönefeld Airport handled 709,727 passengers last year.
• Because of Berlin Schönefeld Airport's relatively low elevation of 157 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Schönefeld 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.
• The new airport will share only one runway with the existing one – the current runway will become the north runway of the new airport.
• The furthest airport from Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,688 miles (18,810 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Berlin Schönefeld Airport is served by Berlin Schönefeld Flughafen railway station, a short walking distance away from the airport terminal.
• Berlin Schönefeld Airport ) is an international airport located near the town of Schönefeld in Brandenburg, directly at the southern border of Berlin and 18 km southeast of the city centre.
• The closest airport to Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) is Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NW of SXF.
• A stipulation of the Four Power Agreement following World War II was a total ban on German carriers' participation in air transport to Berlin, where access was restricted to US, British, French and Soviet airlines.
• Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK):

• Because of Beijing Capital International Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at Beijing Capital 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.
• Beijing Capital International Airport handled 83,712,355 passengers last year.
• Terminal 3 has a 300,000 m2 transportation centre with 7,000 car-parking space.
• The T3 food-service area is called a "global kitchen," where 72 stores provide food ranging from formal dishes to fast food, from Chinese to western, from bakery goods to ice cream.
• The furthest airport from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Beijing Capital International Airport (meaning Beijing Capital International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.
• Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) has 3 runways.
• With the opening of Terminal 3, the terminal was closed for light refurbishment, and its airlines were moved to Terminal 2 on 20 May 2008.
• The closest airport to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of PEK.
• In late 1999, to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the airport was expanded again.
• In addition to being known as "Beijing Capital International Airport", other names for PEK include "北京首都国际机场" and "Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīchǎng".