Nonstop flight route between Arxan, Inner Mongolia, China and Axum, Ethiopia:
Departure Airport:
(47°18'38"N by 119°54'42"E)
Arrival Airport:
(14°8'12"N by 38°46'33"E)
Distance from YIE to AXU:
5,091.46 miles (8,193.89 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (YIE), Arxan, Inner Mongolia, China and Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU), Axum, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,091 miles (or 8,194 kilometers).
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Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YIE / |
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| Location: | Arxan, Inner Mongolia, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°18'38"N by 119°54'42"E |
| Area Served: | Arxan, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YIE |
| More Information: | YIE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AXU / HAAX |
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| Location: | Axum, Ethiopia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 14°8'12"N by 38°46'33"E |
| Area Served: | Axum, Ethiopia |
| Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 6916 feet (2,108 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from AXU |
| More Information: | AXU Maps & Info |
Facts about Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (YIE):
- Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (YIE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (YIE) is Puerto Deseado Airport (PUD), which is nearly antipodal to Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (meaning Arxan Yi'ershi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Puerto Deseado Airport), and is located 12,164 miles (19,576 kilometers) away in Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Arxan Yi'ershi Airport (YIE) is Ulanhot Airport (HLH), which is located 126 miles (202 kilometers) SE of YIE.
- In addition to being known as "Arxan Yi'ershi Airport", other names for YIE include "阿尔山伊尔施机场", "Ā'ěrshān Yī'ěrshī Jīchǎng" and "ZBES".
Facts about Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU):
- Because of Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport's high elevation of 6,916 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AXU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AXU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU) is Fangatau Airport (FGU), which is nearly antipodal to Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (meaning Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fangatau Airport), and is located 12,318 miles (19,824 kilometers) away in Fangatau, French Polynesia.
- The airport is named after Yohannes IV, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889.
- Axum Airport resides at an elevation of 2,108 metres above mean sea level.
- Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport (AXU) is Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SE of AXU.
- In addition to being known as "Axum Emperor Yohannes IV Airport", another name for AXU is "የአክሱም ዮሃነስ አራት የአየር ማረፊያ".
- On 2 May 1987, Douglas C-47A ET-AGT of Ethiopian Airlines was destroyed on the ground in an attack on the airport by Ethiopian Air Force MiG-23s.
- Axum Airport, also known as Emperor Yohannes IV Airport, is an airport serving Axum, a city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 125.64 miles (202.19 km) SE | Ulanhot Airport (HLH) | Ulanhot, China |     |
| 2 | 130.95 miles (210.75 km) N | Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (HLD) | Hailar, Inner Mongolia, China | |
| 3 | 251.25 miles (404.35 km) WNW | Choibalsan Airport (COQ) | Choibalsan, Mongolia | |
| 4 | 255.63 miles (411.40 km) E | Daqing Sartu Airport (DQA) | Daqing, Heilongjiang, China | |
| 5 | 302.23 miles (486.40 km) SW | Xilinhot Airport (XIL) | Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China | |
| 6 | 323.26 miles (520.24 km) ESE | Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB) | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | |
| 7 | 354.12 miles (569.89 km) S | Chifeng Airport (CIF) | Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China | |
| 8 | 360.65 miles (580.40 km) SE | Changchun Longjia International Airport (CGQ) | Changchun, Jilin, China | |
| 9 | 387.46 miles (623.56 km) SE | Jilin Ertaizi Airport (JIL) | Jilin City, Jilin, China | |
| 10 | 390.48 miles (628.41 km) ENE | Heihe Airport (HEK) | Heihe, Heilongjiang, China | |
| 11 | 399.67 miles (643.21 km) S | Chaoyang Airport (CHG) | Chaoyang, Liaoning, China | |
| 12 | 402.87 miles (648.36 km) NE | Ignatyevo Airport (BQS) | Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia | |
| 13 | 403.20 miles (648.89 km) NNE | Mohe Gulian Airport (OHE) | Mohe, Heilongjiang, China | |
| 14 | 429.43 miles (691.10 km) SSE | Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (SHE) | Shenyang, China | |
| 15 | 432.76 miles (696.46 km) S | Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ) | Jinzhou, Liaoning, China | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,163.91 miles (19,575.87 km) E | Puerto Deseado Airport (PUD) | Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | |
| 2 | 12,117.27 miles (19,500.80 km) SSW | Port Stanley Airport (PSY) | Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | |
| 3 | 12,116.50 miles (19,499.57 km) SSW | RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN) | Falkland Islands | |
| 4 | 12,070.90 miles (19,426.18 km) ESE | General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD) | Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina | |
| 5 | 12,057.33 miles (19,404.34 km) SE | Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (REL) | Trelew, Chubut, Argentina | |
| 6 | 12,038.43 miles (19,373.93 km) SE | El Tehuelche Airport (PMY) | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | |
| 7 | 11,968.97 miles (19,262.14 km) SSE | Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM) | Viedma, Argentina | |
| 8 | 11,961.45 miles (19,250.04 km) ESE | Gobernador Gregores Airport (GGS) | Gobernador Gregores, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 9 | 11,927.70 miles (19,195.73 km) SE | Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (RGL) | Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 10 | 11,921.54 miles (19,185.81 km) SSE | Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) | San Antonio Oeste, Argentina | |
| 11 | 11,920.56 miles (19,184.23 km) E | Perito Moreno Airport (PMQ) | Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz, Argentina | |
| 12 | 11,900.09 miles (19,151.29 km) ESE | Alto Río Senguer Airport (ARR) | Alto Río Senguer, Chubut, Argentina | |
| 13 | 11,887.92 miles (19,131.70 km) E | Chile Chico Airfield (CCH) | Chile Chico, Aisén Region, Chile | |
| 14 | 11,878.36 miles (19,116.32 km) E | Balmaceda Airport (BBA) | Balmaceda, Chile | |
| 15 | 11,877.87 miles (19,115.53 km) SE | Hermes Quijada International Airport (RGA) | Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 68.72 miles (110.60 km) SE | Alula Aba Nega Airport (MQX) | Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia | |
| 2 | 80.30 miles (129.23 km) N | Asmara International Airport (ASM) | Asmara, Eritrea | |
| 3 | 113.92 miles (183.34 km) NNE | Massawa International Airport (MSW) | Massawa, Eritrea | |
| 4 | 128.77 miles (207.23 km) W | Humera Airport (HUE) | Humera, Ethiopia | |
| 5 | 143.63 miles (231.14 km) SW | Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport (GDQ) | Gondar, Ethiopia | |
| 6 | 150.15 miles (241.64 km) S | Lalibela Airport (LLI) | Lalibela, Ethiopia | |
| 7 | 163.94 miles (263.84 km) SSW | Debre Tabor Airport (DBT) | Debre Tabor, Ethiopia | |
| 8 | 184.94 miles (297.62 km) WNW | Kassala Airport (KSL) | Kassala, Sudan | |
| 9 | 201.33 miles (324.02 km) WNW | Khashm El Girba Airport (GBU) | Khashm El Girba, Sudan | |
| 10 | 220.26 miles (354.47 km) SSE | Combolcha Airport (DSE) | Dessie / Kombolcha, Ethiopia | |
| 11 | 235.79 miles (379.47 km) S | Mekane Selam Airport (MKS) | Mekane Selam, Ethiopia | |
| 12 | 270.03 miles (434.57 km) ESE | Assab International Airport (ASA) | Assab, Eritrea | |
| 13 | 272.87 miles (439.14 km) WSW | Galegu Airport (DNX) | Dinder, Sudan | |
| 14 | 284.23 miles (457.43 km) E | Hodeida International Airport (HOD) | Al Hudaydah (Hodeida), Yemen | |
| 15 | 336.38 miles (541.34 km) SE | Ali-Sabieh Airport (AII) | Ali-Sabieh, Djibouti | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,318.37 miles (19,824.45 km) S | Fangatau Airport (FGU) | Fangatau, French Polynesia | |
| 2 | 12,280.59 miles (19,763.64 km) SSE | Raroia Airport (RRR) | Raroia, French Polynesia | |
| 3 | 12,202.49 miles (19,637.95 km) SE | Makemo Airport (MKP) | Makemo, French Polynesia | |
| 4 | 12,164.10 miles (19,576.17 km) S | Hao Airport (HOI) | Hao, Tuamotu Island, French Polynesia | |
| 5 | 12,112.78 miles (19,493.58 km) ESE | Fakarava Airport (FAV) | Fakarava, Society Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 6 | 12,111.61 miles (19,491.69 km) E | Manihi Airport (XMH) | Manihi, French Polynesia | |
| 7 | 12,100.02 miles (19,473.05 km) SSW | Atuona Airport (AUQ) | Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia | |
| 8 | 12,099.20 miles (19,471.73 km) E | Ahe Airport (AHE) | Ahe, French Polynesia | |
| 9 | 12,076.28 miles (19,434.85 km) ESE | Apataki Airport (APK) | Apataki, French Polynesia | |
| 10 | 12,075.48 miles (19,433.56 km) SE | Anaa Airport (AAA) | Anaa, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 11 | 12,068.09 miles (19,421.67 km) ESE | Arutua Airport (AXR) | Arutua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 12 | 12,045.87 miles (19,385.90 km) SSW | Nukutavake Airport (NUK) | Nukutavake, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 13 | 12,036.28 miles (19,370.47 km) SW | Pukarua Airport (PUK) | Pukarua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 14 | 11,946.10 miles (19,225.33 km) SSW | Tureira Airport (ZTA) | Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia | |
| 15 | 11,933.43 miles (19,204.95 km) E | Mataiva Airport (MVT) | Mataiva, French Polynesia | |