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BFM to SQJ: distance & flight time
Mobile (Mobile Downtown Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
8,139 mi
13,099 km · 7,073 nm
16h 26m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
8,139 miles nonstop takes roughly 16h 26m 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
- BFM — Mobile Downtown Airport · Mobile, 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 BFM
- MOB · Mobile Regional Airport11 mi away
- GUF · Jack Edwards Airport33 mi away
- NPA · Pensacola Naval Air Station/Forrest Sherman Field48 mi away
- BIX · Keesler Air Force Base53 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 BFM from SQJ?
The flight distance from Mobile (BFM) to Sanming (SQJ) is 8,139 miles (13,099 km, 7,073 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BFM to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 16h 26m 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 BFM to SQJ?
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