Nonstop flight route between Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China and Liangping, Chongqing, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (TSA), Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China and Liangping Airport (LIA), Liangping, Chongqing, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 925 miles (or 1,488 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 relatively short distance between Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) and Liangping Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (TSA):

• Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (TSA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (TSA) is Clorinda Airport (CLX), which is nearly antipodal to Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (meaning Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clorinda Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,939 kilometers) away in Clorinda, Formosa, Argentina.
• Songshan Airport is also the base of certain Republic of China Air Force units as part of the Songshan Air Force Base.
• The closest airport to Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (TSA) is Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) W of TSA.
• The continuing growth of Taipei City means that Songshan airport is nowadays situated in the heart of downtown.
• In early 1999 when the construction of Taipei 101 had just started, Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration changed this airport's certain SID and STAR procedures to avoid possible collision with the building.
• In addition to being known as "Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport)", other names for TSA include "台北國際航空站台北松山機場" and "Táiběi Guójì HángkōngzhànTáiběi Sōngshān Jīchǎng".
• The Songshan Airport closing proposal was deferred under the Taipei City Government which has long been dominated by the Pan-Blue Coalition, who prefers the downtown airport connection concept with Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo.
• The airport was built in 1936 with its origins as a Japanese military airbase, the Matsuyama Airdrome, during Japanese rule.
• Due to the introduction of cross-strait flights and future international potential, the airport is undergoing extensive renovations, the first phase of which is expected to be completed by October 2010.
• Because of Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan 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.

Facts about Liangping Airport (LIA):

• During World War II, the airport was known as Liangshan Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign.
• Liangping Airport, also called Wanzhou Liangping Airport, is a former dual-use military and civil airport, located west of Liangping in Chongqing Municipality, China.
• Liangping Airport (LIA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Liangping Airport", another name for LIA is "梁平机场".
• The closest airport to Liangping Airport (LIA) is Dazhou Heshi Airport (DAX), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) NW of LIA.
• The furthest airport from Liangping Airport (LIA) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Liangping Airport (meaning Liangping Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.