Nonstop flight route between Moscow, Russia and Xingtai, Hebei, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vnukovo International Airport (VKO), Moscow, Russia and Xingtai Dalian Airport (XNT), Xingtai, Hebei, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,693 miles (or 5,943 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 Vnukovo International Airport and Xingtai Dalian 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 Vnukovo International Airport and Xingtai Dalian Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vnukovo International Airport (VKO):

• The furthest airport from Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,747 miles (17,296 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) has 2 runways.
• Vnukovo is Europe’s busiest airport for international flights by larger private planes.
• The expansion plans include lengthening one of the two V-configured runways to 3,800 m and upgrading the instrument landing system from the present CAT II to CAT III.
• Vnukovo Airport is equipped with a VIP hall, which is used by many political leaders and important people visiting Russia.
• The closest airport to Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) is Ostafyevo International Airport (OSF), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of VKO.
• In addition to being known as "Vnukovo International Airport", another name for VKO is "Международный Аэропорт Внуково".
• Because of Vnukovo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 686 feet, planes can take off or land at Vnukovo 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 airfield has two intersecting runways of 3,000 metres and 3,060 metres in length.
• Several taxi services to Moscow city and suburbs are available at the airport.
• The first passenger flights of the IL-18 and Tu-114 were also made from Vnukovo Airport.
• The Tupolev airliner rework facility is located at the edge of the airport, and major overhaul and modification programmes are carried out in several large aircraft hangars.
• Vnukovo International Airport handled 11,175,100 passengers last year.
• Of the three Moscow airports, Vnukovo is the highest.

Facts about Xingtai Dalian Airport (XNT):

• The closest airport to Xingtai Dalian Airport (XNT) is Handan Airport (HDG), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of XNT.
• The furthest airport from Xingtai Dalian Airport (XNT) is Santa Rosa Airport (RSA), which is nearly antipodal to Xingtai Dalian Airport (meaning Xingtai Dalian Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Rosa Airport), and is located 12,363 miles (19,896 kilometers) away in Santa Rosa, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Xingtai Dalian Airport", other names for XNT include "邢台褡裢机场" and "Xíngtái Dālián Jīchǎng".