Nonstop flight route between Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China and Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wuhai Airport (WUA), Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China and Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN), Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,017 miles (or 11,293 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 Wuhai Airport and Bloemfontein 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 Wuhai Airport and Bloemfontein 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: | WUA / ZBUH |
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Location: | Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°47'30"N by 106°48'11"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from WUA |
More Information: | WUA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BFN / FABL |
Airport Name: | Bloemfontein International Airport |
Location: | Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°5'38"S by 26°18'14"E |
Operator/Owner: | ACSA South African Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 4457 feet (1,358 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BFN |
More Information: | BFN Maps & Info |
Facts about Wuhai Airport (WUA):
- In addition to being known as "Wuhai Airport", other names for WUA include "乌海机场", "Wūhǎi Jīchǎng" and "ZWUH".
- The furthest airport from Wuhai Airport (WUA) is Pichoy Airport (ZAL), which is nearly antipodal to Wuhai Airport (meaning Wuhai Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pichoy Airport), and is located 12,425 miles (19,997 kilometers) away in Valdivia, Chile.
- The closest airport to Wuhai Airport (WUA) is Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (AXF), which is located 92 miles (148 kilometers) SW of WUA.
Facts about Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN):
- In November 2012, the South African government announced that the airport's name was to be changed to Bram Fischer International Airport.
- In 2012, the airport served 426,420 passengers.
- The closest airport to Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN) is Mafeteng Airport (MFC), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) SE of BFN.
- Because of Bloemfontein International Airport's high elevation of 4,457 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BFN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BFN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN) is Kalaupapa Airport (LUP), which is located 11,855 miles (19,079 kilometers) away in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.