Nonstop flight route between Altay, Xinjiang, China and Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Altay Airport (AAT), Altay, Xinjiang, China and Luxembourg Airport (LUX), Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,544 miles (or 5,703 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 Altay Airport and Luxembourg 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 Altay Airport and Luxembourg Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AAT / ZWAT |
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Location: | Altay, Xinjiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°45'1"N by 88°5'3"E |
Area Served: | Altay, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Administration of China |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2460 feet (750 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AAT |
More Information: | AAT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUX / ELLX |
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Location: | Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°37'23"N by 6°12'15"E |
Area Served: | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
Operator/Owner: | Luxembourg Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1234 feet (376 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LUX |
More Information: | LUX Maps & Info |
Facts about Altay Airport (AAT):
- The closest airport to Altay Airport (AAT) is Kanas Airport (KJI), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) WNW of AAT.
- The furthest airport from Altay Airport (AAT) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is located 11,536 miles (18,566 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Altay Airport", other names for AAT include "阿勒泰机场" and "Ālètài Jīchǎng".
- Altay Airport (AAT) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Luxembourg Airport (LUX):
- Luxembourg Airport handled 2,197,331 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is Bitburg Airport (BBJ), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NE of LUX.
- Luxembourg Airport has constructed a high-security zone far away from most airport activities in order to attract the business of transporting valuable goods such as art and jewels.
- Sandweiler Airport remained unused by the Luftwaffe until September 1944, when a reconnaissance unit, Aufklärungsgruppe 123 was assigned to the airport which flew the Henschel Hs 126, a two-seat reconnaissance and observation aircraft.
- Luxembourg Airport (LUX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport was originally known as "Sandweiler Airport", and was opened in the 1930s as a small grass airfield with a relatively short, 3400' runway.
- Terminal B opened in 2004, the building is unique as it only has gates and no check-in counters or arrivals hall.
- The furthest airport from Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Luxembourg Airport (meaning Luxembourg Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,016 miles (19,338 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Luxembourg Airport", other names for LUX include "Fluchhafe Lëtzebuerg", "Aéroport de Luxembourg" and "Flughafen Luxemburg".
- Construction of the new Terminal A started in 2005 and it was inaugurated in May 2008.