Nonstop flight route between Weihai, Shandong, China and Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Weihai Dashuibo Airport (WEH), Weihai, Shandong, China and London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,361 miles (or 8,627 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 Weihai Dashuibo Airport and London Stansted 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 Weihai Dashuibo Airport and London Stansted Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Weihai Dashuibo Airport (WEH):

• Weihai Airport is a class 4D airport.
• In addition to being known as "Weihai Dashuibo Airport", other names for WEH include "威海大水泊机场" and "Wēihǎi Dàshuǐbó Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Weihai Dashuibo Airport (WEH) is Villa Gesell Airport (VLG), which is nearly antipodal to Weihai Dashuibo Airport (meaning Weihai Dashuibo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Villa Gesell Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,949 kilometers) away in Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• At the end of year 2003, focusing on the development of ports open and the protection of the international flights, the government decided to conduct a comprehensive renovation and expansion, the airport renovation project was completed in July 2005.
• Weihai Dashuibo Airport handled 935,450 passengers last year.
• Because of Weihai Dashuibo Airport's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Weihai Dashuibo 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.
• Weihai Dashuibo Airport (WEH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Weihai Dashuibo Airport (WEH) is Yantai Laishan International Airport (YNT), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) WNW of WEH.
• Weihai Dashuibo Airport is an airport serving the city of Weihai in Shandong province, China.

Facts about London Stansted Airport (STN):

• During the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s the Fire Service Training School was based on the eastern side of the airfield under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, now the Civil Aviation Authority.
• The closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.
• Stansted is a major freight airport, the third busiest in the UK during 2013, behind London Heathrow and East Midlands Airport, handling in excess of 210,000 tonnes per annum, although freight throughput has declined slightly from its 2005 peak level.
• London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of London Stansted Airport's relatively low elevation of 348 feet, planes can take off or land at London Stansted 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.
• London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from London Stansted Airport (STN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The terminal building was designed by Foster Associates with input from the structural engineer Peter Rice and features a "floating" roof, supported by a space frame of inverted-pyramid roof trusses, creating the impression of a stylised swan in flight.
• There are several cargo buildings and hangars around the airfield.
• Stansted also had scheduled and charter flights to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, but these flights to Canada have now ceased.
• In 1984, the government approved a plan to develop Stansted in two phases, involving both airfield and terminal improvements that would increase the airport's capacity to 15 million passengers per year.