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ART to SQJ: distance & flight time
Watertown (Watertown International Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
7,493 mi
12,059 km · 6,511 nm
15h 10m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
7,493 miles nonstop takes roughly 15h 10m gate to gate, flying north. 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
- ART — Watertown International Airport · Watertown, United States
- SQJ — Shaxian Airport · Sanming, China
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near ART
- YGK · Kingston Norman Rogers Airport33 mi away
- OGS · Ogdensburg International Airport55 mi away
- RME · Griffiss International Airport61 mi away
- SYR · Syracuse Hancock International Airport61 mi away
Near SQJ
- LCX · Longyan Guanzhishan Airport85 mi away
- WUS · Nanping Wuyishan Airport89 mi away
- FOC · Fuzhou Changle International Airport118 mi away
- JJN · Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport122 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is ART from SQJ?
The flight distance from Watertown (ART) to Sanming (SQJ) is 7,493 miles (12,059 km, 6,511 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from ART to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 15h 10m 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 ART to SQJ?
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