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ALE to SWA: distance & flight time
Alpine (Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport) → Shantou (Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport)
7,856 mi
12,643 km · 6,827 nm
15h 52m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
7,856 miles nonstop takes roughly 15h 52m gate to gate, flying northwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- ALE — Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport · Alpine, United States
- SWA — Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport · Shantou, China
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near ALE
- MRF · Marfa Municipal Airport20 mi away
- FST · Fort Stockton Pecos County Airport59 mi away
- PEQ · Pecos Municipal Airport70 mi away
- INK · Winkler County Airport101 mi away
Near SWA
- MXZ · Meixian Airport60 mi away
- XMN · Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport123 mi away
- HUZ · Huizhou Airport126 mi away
- KNH · Kinmen Airport132 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is ALE from SWA?
The flight distance from Alpine (ALE) to Shantou (SWA) is 7,856 miles (12,643 km, 6,827 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from ALE to SWA?
A nonstop flight takes about 15h 52m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from ALE to SWA?
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