Nonstop flight route between Trenton, New Jersey, United States and Jiayuguan, Gansu, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN), Trenton, New Jersey, United States and Jiayuguan Airport (JGN), Jiayuguan, Gansu, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,883 miles (or 11,078 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 Trenton-Mercer Airport and Jiayuguan 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 Trenton-Mercer Airport and Jiayuguan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TTN / KTTN |
Airport Name: | Trenton-Mercer Airport |
Location: | Trenton, New Jersey, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°16'36"N by 74°48'47"W |
Area Served: | Trenton, New Jersey |
Operator/Owner: | County of Mercer |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 212 feet (65 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TTN |
More Information: | TTN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JGN / ZLJQ |
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Location: | Jiayuguan, Gansu, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°51'24"N by 98°20'29"E |
Area Served: | Jiayuguan and Jiuquan |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5112 feet (1,558 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JGN |
More Information: | JGN Maps & Info |
Facts about Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN):
- In 1994 as a cost-cutting measure, the Mercer County Airport Police and Fire Department was disbanded and replaced by the Mercer County Sheriff's Office and ProTec Fire Services.
- The closest airport to Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) is Princeton Airport (PCT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NE of TTN.
- Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) has 2 runways.
- Mercer County has a variety of taxi cab companies which operate from the Trenton Transit Center which services the Northeast Corridor via Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and SEPTA railroads.
- Trenton-Mercer Airport has rental cars available in the terminal with no shuttle needed.
- Because of Trenton-Mercer Airport's relatively low elevation of 212 feet, planes can take off or land at Trenton-Mercer 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 is also home to the Twin Pine Composite Squadron of the New Jersey Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
- Airport Air Traffic Control operations based in the control tower were 6 AM to Midnight during the 1980s and early 1990s.
- The furthest airport from Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,737 miles (18,889 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In 1995 the airport's name was changed to Trenton-Mercer Airport in an effort to identify it with the city of Trenton.
Facts about Jiayuguan Airport (JGN):
- In addition to being known as "Jiayuguan Airport", other names for JGN include "嘉峪关机场" and "Jiāyùguān Jīchǎng".
- Because of Jiayuguan Airport's high elevation of 5,112 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JGN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JGN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Jiayuguan Airport (JGN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Jiayuguan Airport (JGN) is Pupelde Airfield (ZUD), which is nearly antipodal to Jiayuguan Airport (meaning Jiayuguan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pupelde Airfield), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Ancud, Los Lagos Region, Chile.
- The closest airport to Jiayuguan Airport (JGN) is Zhangye Ganzhou Airport (YZY), which is located 144 miles (232 kilometers) ESE of JGN.