Nonstop flight route between Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Xiamen, Fujian, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN), Xiamen, Fujian, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,849 miles (or 11,023 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 Tonopah Test Range Airport and Xiamen Gaoqi 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 Tonopah Test Range Airport and Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):

• The furthest airport from Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,207 miles (18,036 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The earliest known depiction of the airfield was on the July 1970 Air Force Tactical Pilotage Chart.
• The Tonopah Test Range airfield came into existence in 1957 and was used by the Department of Energy, the Air Force, and several contractors.
• Several locations were considered, Michael Army Airfield at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah, and the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field on the Goldwater Range in Arizona.
• In addition, unconfirmed Soviet aircraft flown were MiG-25 Foxbat.
• Near the end of the Cold War the program was abandoned and the squadron was disbanded.
• After the 4477th TES was inactivated, the remaining assets were reconstituted as a detachment of the 57th Fighter Wing at Nellis AFB.
• Over the course of its history U.S.
• The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.

Facts about Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN):

• Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport handled 17,354,076 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) is Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport (TTG), which is nearly antipodal to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (meaning Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport), and is located 12,257 miles (19,725 kilometers) away in Tartagal, Salta, Argentina.
• The closest airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) is Kinmen Airport (Kinmen Shang Yi Airport) (KNH), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ESE of XMN.
• In addition to being known as "Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport", other names for XMN include "厦门高崎国际机场" and "Xiàmén Gāoqí Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Xiamen Gaoqi 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.