Nonstop flight route between Truckee, California, United States and Wuhan, Hubei, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), Truckee, California, United States and Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH), Wuhan, Hubei, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,468 miles (or 10,410 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 Truckee Tahoe Airport and Wuhan Tianhe 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 Truckee Tahoe Airport and Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF):

• Truckee-Tahoe Airport covers 989 acres at an elevation of 5,900 ft above mean sea level.
• Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF) has 2 runways.
• IFR clearances can be requested from Oakland Center on frequency 127.95 which can be reached from most places on the field.
• In addition to being known as "Truckee Tahoe Airport", another name for TKF is "TRK".
• Truckee Tahoe Airport is a public airport two miles east of Truckee, California, United States.
• Because of Truckee Tahoe Airport's high elevation of 5,900 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TKF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TKF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF) is Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) ENE of TKF.
• The furthest airport from Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,197 miles (18,020 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH):

• Wuhan Tianhe International Airport handled 11,646,789 passengers last year.
• A China Eastern airplane approaching Terminal 2
• A Xinhua Airline plane in front of the then Terminal 2
• Because of Wuhan Tianhe International Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Wuhan Tianhe 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.
• The airport served 11,646,789 passengers in 2010, making it the 14th busiest airport by passenger traffic in China.
• In addition to being known as "Wuhan Tianhe International Airport", other names for WUH include "武汉天河国际机场" and "Wǔhàn Tiānhé Guójì Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH) is La Cumbre Airport (LCM), which is nearly antipodal to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (meaning Wuhan Tianhe International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Cumbre Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in La Cumbre, Córdoba, Argentina.
• The future Wuhan–Xiaogan Intercity Railway, one of the lines of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area Intercity Railway, will serve Wuhan Tianhe Airport.
• Presently, Tianhe is the only civilian airport in the Wuhan metropolitan area.
• Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH) is Shashi Airport (SHS), which is located 119 miles (192 kilometers) WSW of WUH.