Nonstop flight route between Aitape, Papua New Guinea and Chengdu, Sichuan, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tadji Airport (TAJ), Aitape, Papua New Guinea and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), Chengdu, Sichuan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,446 miles (or 5,545 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 Tadji Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu 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 Tadji Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TAJ / |
Airport Name: | Tadji Airport |
Location: | Aitape, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°11'56"S by 142°25'41"E |
Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TAJ |
More Information: | TAJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CTU / ZUUU |
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Location: | Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°34'41"N by 103°56'48"E |
Area Served: | Chengdu |
Operator/Owner: | Sichuan Province Airport Group Co.,Ltd |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1624 feet (495 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CTU |
More Information: | CTU Maps & Info |
Facts about Tadji Airport (TAJ):
- The furthest airport from Tadji Airport (TAJ) is Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR), which is located 11,950 miles (19,232 kilometers) away in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Tadji Airport (TAJ) is Frieda River Airport (FAQ), which is located 103 miles (165 kilometers) SSW of TAJ.
- Because of Tadji Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Tadji 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.
- Tadji Airport (TAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU):
- Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport", other names for CTU include "成都双流国际机场" and "Chéngdū Shuāngliú Guójì Jīchǎng".
- Flights to and from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are international flights.
- One of the lifts of Terminal 2, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
- Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport handled 31,500,000 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (meaning Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
- During World War II, the airport was known as Shwangliu Airfield and was later used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign.
- The closest airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) is Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) NE of CTU.