Nonstop flight route between Mianyang, Sichuan, China and Cold Bay, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), Mianyang, Sichuan, China and Port Moller Airport (PML), Cold Bay, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,618 miles (or 7,433 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 Mianyang Nanjiao Airport and Port Moller 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 Mianyang Nanjiao Airport and Port Moller Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MIG / ZUMY |
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Location: | Mianyang, Sichuan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°25'47"N by 104°44'22"E |
Area Served: | Mianyang, Sichuan, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MIG |
More Information: | MIG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PML / PAAL |
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Location: | Cold Bay, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°0'21"N by 160°33'38"W |
Area Served: | Port Moller |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PML |
More Information: | PML Maps & Info |
Facts about Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG):
- Mianyang Nanjiao Airport handled 622,816 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Mianyang Nanjiao Airport", other names for MIG include "绵阳南郊机场" and "Miányáng Nánjiāo Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is nearly antipodal to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (meaning Mianyang Nanjiao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Viña del Mar Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,621 kilometers) away in Viña del Mar, Chile.
- The closest airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG) is Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SW of MIG.
- Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG) currently has only 1 runway.
- Opened on 28 April 2001, Mianyang Nanjiao is the second largest airport in Sichuan after Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
Facts about Port Moller Airport (PML):
- Port Moller Airport is a publicly owned, private-use airport located 87 nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Cold Bay, in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S.
- The furthest airport from Port Moller Airport (PML) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,914 miles (17,564 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Port Moller Airport (PML) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Port Moller Airport (PML) is Nelson Lagoon Airport (NLG), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) W of PML.
- Because of Port Moller Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Moller 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.
- In addition to being known as "Port Moller Airport", other names for PML include "Port Moller Air Force Station" and "1AK3".
- The airport was built in 1958 to support Port Moller Air Force Station, a Cold War United States Air Force Distant Early Warning Line radar station.