Nonstop flight route between Gander, Newfoundland, Canada and Taizhou, Zhejiang, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada and Taizhou Luqiao Airport (HYN), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,076 miles (or 11,388 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 Gander International Airport and Taizhou Luqiao 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 Gander International Airport and Taizhou Luqiao Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):

• The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.
• In March 2010, Sun Country Airlines announced that it would use Gander as a refueling stop for its new summer 2010 service between Minneapolis and London Stansted Airport and for its summer 2011 service between Minneapolis and London Gatwick Airport.
• During the Cold War Gander was notable for the number of persons from the former Warsaw Pact nations who defected there.
• In 1940, the operation of the Newfoundland Airport was assigned by the Dominion of Newfoundland to the Royal Canadian Air Force and it was renamed RCAF Station Gander in 1941.
• Following Newfoundland's entry into Confederation, the government renamed the airport Gander Airport and it came under the administration of Canada's federal Department of Transport.
• The airport's runway 03/21 was also designated as an emergency landing runway for the Space Shuttle.
• Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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.
• The closest airport to Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.

Facts about Taizhou Luqiao Airport (HYN):

• Taizhou Luqiao Airport, formerly Huangyan Luqiao Airport, is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China.
• Taizhou Luqiao Airport handled 616,861 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Taizhou Luqiao Airport (HYN) is Mercedes Airport (MDX), which is nearly antipodal to Taizhou Luqiao Airport (meaning Taizhou Luqiao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mercedes Airport), and is located 12,383 miles (19,928 kilometers) away in Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina.
• Luqiao Airport was originally a military airfield belonging to the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• To handle the growing traffic volume, a new dedicated civil airport is being planned to replace Luqiao Airport, with an estimated total investment of 800 million to 1 billion yuan.
• In addition to being known as "Taizhou Luqiao Airport", other names for HYN include "台州路桥机场" and "Táizhōu Lùqiáo Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Taizhou Luqiao Airport (HYN) is Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) SW of HYN.
• The airport has one runway that is 2,500 meters long and 60 meters wide, and a 7,850 square-meter terminal building.