Nonstop flight route between Shangri-La, Yunnan, China and Farmington, New Mexico, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dêqên Shangri-La Airport (DIG), Shangri-La, Yunnan, China and Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN), Farmington, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,623 miles (or 12,269 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 Dêqên Shangri-La Airport and Four Corners Regional 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 Dêqên Shangri-La Airport and Four Corners Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DIG / ZPDQ |
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Location: | Shangri-La, Yunnan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°47'35"N by 99°40'38"E |
Operator/Owner: | Yunnan Airport Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10761 feet (3,280 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DIG |
More Information: | DIG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FMN / KFMN |
Airport Name: | Four Corners Regional Airport |
Location: | Farmington, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°44'27"N by 108°13'48"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Farmington |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5506 feet (1,678 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FMN |
More Information: | FMN Maps & Info |
Facts about Dêqên Shangri-La Airport (DIG):
- In addition to being known as "Dêqên Shangri-La Airport", other names for DIG include "迪庆香格里拉机场" and "Díqìng Xiānggélǐlā Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Dêqên Shangri-La Airport (DIG) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,866 miles (19,096 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
- The closest airport to Dêqên Shangri-La Airport (DIG) is Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG), which is located 85 miles (136 kilometers) SSE of DIG.
- Because of Dêqên Shangri-La Airport's high elevation of 10,761 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DIG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DIG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Dêqên Shangri-La Airport (DIG) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN):
- Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) is Animas Air Park (AMK), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) NNE of FMN.
- The furthest airport from Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,158 miles (17,957 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Four Corners Regional Airport's high elevation of 5,506 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FMN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FMN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Frontier Airlines flew Boeing 737-200s to Denver after operating Convair 580s for many years.Aspen Airways flew Convair 580s nonstop to Denver as an independent airline and later as United Express.
- Four Corners Regional Airport was served by the original Frontier Airlines, Sunwest Airlines, Air Midwest, Aspen Airways, Trans Colorado Airlines, America West Express, Continental Express, United Express, American Eagle, and USAirways Express.