Nonstop flight route between Zhuhai, Guangdong, China and Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH), Zhuhai, Guangdong, China and Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,057 miles (or 9,748 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 Zhuhai Jinwan Airport and Bristol Filton 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 Zhuhai Jinwan Airport and Bristol Filton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZUH / ZGSD |
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Location: | Zhuhai, Guangdong, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°0'24"N by 113°22'33"E |
Area Served: | Zhuhai, Guangdong |
Operator/Owner: | Hong Kong-Zhuhai Airport Management Co.,Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZUH |
More Information: | ZUH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FZO / EGTG |
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Location: | Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°31'9"N by 2°35'36"W |
Area Served: | Bristol |
Operator/Owner: | BAE Systems Aviation Services Ltd |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 225 feet (69 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FZO |
More Information: | FZO Maps & Info |
Facts about Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH):
- In addition to being known as "Zhuhai Jinwan Airport", other names for ZUH include "珠海金湾机场" and "Zhūhǎi Jīnwān Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH) is Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU), which is nearly antipodal to Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (meaning Zhuhai Jinwan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Uyuni Joya Andina Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia.
- Zhuhai Jinwan Airport handled 2,090,491 passengers last year.
- Zhuhai Jinwan Airport, formerly Zhuhai Sanzao Airport, is the airport serving the city of Zhuhai in Guangdong province, China.
- Other intercity lines connect hotels, city lounges or bus terminals of Macau, Zhongshan and Jiangmen with the airport.
- Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Zhuhai Jinwan Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Zhuhai Jinwan 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 closest airport to Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH) is Macau International Airport (MFM), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NE of ZUH.
Facts about Bristol Filton Airport (FZO):
- Filton's runway is one of the widest, at 91 m and is a considerable length at 2,467 m long, having been extended first for the maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon airliner in 1949 and again in the late 1960s for Concorde.
- Because of Bristol Filton Airport's relatively low elevation of 225 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol Filton 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 closest airport to Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Bristol Airport (BRS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of FZO.
- After WW2, the concrete runway at Filton Aerodrome was extended westwards to enable the huge Bristol Brabazon airliner to take-off safely.
- The re-armament programme from 1935 to the outbreak of WWII saw further expansion of the Bristol Aeroplane Company.
- Bristol Filton Airport or Filton Aerodrome was an airport on the border between Filton and Patchway, within South Gloucestershire, 4 NM north of Bristol, England.
- The 1960s and 1970s saw the development and production of Concorde at Filton and a further extension of the Filton runway.
- Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,930 miles (19,200 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Bristol Filton Airport", another name for FZO is "Filton Aerodrome".
- The company grew rapidly during WWI, building thousands of Bristol Fighters and other aircraft.