Nonstop flight route between Yancheng, Jiangsu, China and Francistown, Botswana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ), Yancheng, Jiangsu, China and Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base (FRW), Francistown, Botswana would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,161 miles (or 11,525 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 Yancheng Nanyang Airport and Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base, 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 Yancheng Nanyang Airport and Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ):

• The closest airport to Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ) is Huai'an Lianshui Airport (HIA), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) WNW of YNZ.
• The furthest airport from Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ) is Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS), which is nearly antipodal to Yancheng Nanyang Airport (meaning Yancheng Nanyang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport), and is located 12,369 miles (19,906 kilometers) away in Rosario, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Yancheng Nanyang Airport", other names for YNZ include "盐城南洋机场" and "Yánchéng Nányáng Jīchǎng".
• Yancheng Nanyang Airport handled 232,315 passengers last year.
• Yancheng Nanyang Airport is an airport serving the city of Yancheng in Jiangsu Province, China.

Facts about Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base (FRW):

• The furthest airport from Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base (FRW) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base (meaning Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,246 miles (19,707 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base (FRW) is Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (BUQ), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) NE of FRW.
• In addition to being known as "Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base", another name for FRW is "FBFT [1]".
• Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base (FRW) has 2 runways.
• The airport received plans for reconstruction and expansion in 2008 to be completed in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as Francistown could receive an influx of foreign tourists due to the World Cup in neighbouring South Africa.
• The estimated cost for all three expansion phases is expected to exceed P500 million, and will all be completed at the same time, around May 2010.
• However, currently the project is expected to miss its May deadline, after the airport in Gaborone also missed its deadline set date for May 10, 2010, with contractors at both sites struggling to finalise each stage of construction in time.