Nonstop flight route between Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China and Aspen, Colorado, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC), Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China and Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE), Aspen, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,624 miles (or 10,660 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 Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport and Aspen–Pitkin County 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 Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport and Aspen–Pitkin County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | URC / ZWWW |
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Location: | Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°54'25"N by 87°28'27"E |
Area Served: | Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China |
Operator/Owner: | Xinjiang Airport Group Co. Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2126 feet (648 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from URC |
More Information: | URC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ASE / KASE |
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Location: | Aspen, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°13'23"N by 106°52'8"W |
Area Served: | Aspen, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | Pitkin County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7820 feet (2,384 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ASE |
More Information: | ASE Maps & Info |
Facts about Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC):
- The closest airport to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) is Turpan Jiaohe Airport (TLQ), which is located 102 miles (163 kilometers) SE of URC.
- When the airline existed, China Xinjiang Airlines had its headquarters on the airport property.
- Summer 2005 saw Diwopu get a boost when the airport started receiving major foreign airlines.
- The furthest airport from Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) is Gamboa Airport (WCA), which is located 11,489 miles (18,490 kilometers) away in Castro, Chile.
- Construction of Terminal 3 to the west of the older terminal building began in April 2007 at a cost of 2.8 billion yuan.
- In addition to being known as "Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport", other names for URC include "ئۈرۈمچى دىئوپا خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى乌鲁木齐地窝堡国际机场" and "Wūlǔmùqí Dìwōpù Guójì Jīcháng".
- Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport handled 11,078,597 passengers last year.
Facts about Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE):
- Aspen–Pitkin Co./Sardy Field covers an area of 573 acres at an elevation of 7,820 feet above mean sea level.
- In 2007, the runway was completely rehabilitated with new grooved asphalt.
- Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE) currently has only 1 runway.
- Construction on the runway extension project began on April 4, 2011, and was completed on November 2, 2011.
- Mesaba Airlines operating as Northwest Airlink flew the Avro RJ85, a later version of the BAe 146 jet, on seasonal nonstop flights to Minneapolis/St.
- The furthest airport from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,971 miles (17,657 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Aspen–Pitkin County Airport, also known as Sardy Field, is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Aspen, in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.
- The Aspen–Pitkin County Airport is certificated as a Class I, ARFF Index B commercial service airport under FAR Part 139.
- In addition to being known as "Aspen–Pitkin County Airport", another name for ASE is "Sardy Field".
- Because of Aspen–Pitkin County Airport's high elevation of 7,820 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ASE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ASE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE) is Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) N of ASE.