Nonstop flight route between El Vigía, Venezuela and Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG), El Vigía, Venezuela and Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC), Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,579 miles (or 13,807 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 Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport and Ürümqi Diwopu 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 Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport and Ürümqi Diwopu 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: | VIG / SVVG |
Airport Name: | Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport |
Location: | El Vigía, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°37'27"N by 71°40'22"W |
Airport Type: | Civil |
Elevation: | 249 feet (76 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VIG |
More Information: | VIG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | URC / ZWWW |
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Location: | Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°54'25"N by 87°28'27"E |
Area Served: | Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China |
Operator/Owner: | Xinjiang Airport Group Co. Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2126 feet (648 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from URC |
More Information: | URC Maps & Info |
Facts about Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG):
- Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) is Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP), which is nearly antipodal to Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (meaning Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tunggul Wulung Airport), and is located 12,352 miles (19,879 kilometers) away in Cilacap, Java Island, Indonesia.
- Because of Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport's relatively low elevation of 249 feet, planes can take off or land at Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso 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 closest airport to Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) is Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (STB), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) NW of VIG.
Facts about Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC):
- Construction of Terminal 3 to the west of the older terminal building began in April 2007 at a cost of 2.8 billion yuan.
- Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport handled 11,078,597 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) is Gamboa Airport (WCA), which is located 11,489 miles (18,490 kilometers) away in Castro, Chile.
- Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) is Turpan Jiaohe Airport (TLQ), which is located 102 miles (163 kilometers) SE of URC.
- In addition to being known as "Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport", other names for URC include "ئۈرۈمچى دىئوپا خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى乌鲁木齐地窝堡国际机场" and "Wūlǔmùqí Dìwōpù Guójì Jīcháng".