Nonstop flight route between Beijing, People's Republic of China and Kentland, Indiana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), Beijing, People's Republic of China and Kentland Municipal Airport (KKT), Kentland, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,651 miles (or 10,704 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 Beijing Capital International Airport and Kentland Municipal 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 Beijing Capital International Airport and Kentland Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PEK / ZBAA |
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Location: | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°4'47"N by 116°35'3"E |
Area Served: | Beijing |
Operator/Owner: | Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 116 feet (35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from PEK |
More Information: | PEK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KKT / |
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Location: | Kentland, Indiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°45'30"N by 87°25'41"W |
Area Served: | Kentland, Indiana |
Operator/Owner: | Kentland Board of Aviation Commissioners |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 698 feet (213 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KKT |
More Information: | KKT Maps & Info |
Facts about Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK):
- Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) has 3 runways.
- A 98.3 m monitoring tower stands at the southern end of T3, the highest building at the airport.
- Terminal 3 was designed by a consortium of NACO, UK Architect Foster and Partners and ARUP.
- Beijing Capital International Airport handled 83,712,355 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Beijing Capital International Airport", other names for PEK include "北京首都国际机场" and "Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of PEK.
- Beijing Capital International Airport is served by the Airport Express Line of the Beijing Subway.
- Along with X-ray scanners, additional equipment conducts checks such as for explosives.
- Because of Beijing Capital International Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at Beijing Capital 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 furthest airport from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Beijing Capital International Airport (meaning Beijing Capital International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.
- Terminal 1, with 60,000 m2 of space, opened on 1 January 1980, and replaced the smaller existing terminal which was in operation since 1958.
- Beijing Capital International Airport is the main hub for Air China, the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China, which flies to around 120 destinations from Beijing.
- One of Terminal 3's highlights is the US$240 million luggage-transfer system.
Facts about Kentland Municipal Airport (KKT):
- Because of Kentland Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 698 feet, planes can take off or land at Kentland Municipal 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 furthest airport from Kentland Municipal Airport (KKT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,117 miles (17,891 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Kentland Municipal Airport", another name for KKT is "50I".
- The closest airport to Kentland Municipal Airport (KKT) is Jasper County Airport (RNZ), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NE of KKT.
- Kentland Municipal Airport (KKT) currently has only 1 runway.