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ESL to YUA: distance & flight time
Elista (Elista Airport) → Yuanmou (Yuanmou Air Base)
3,429 mi
5,518 km · 2,979 nm
7h 11m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
3,429 miles nonstop takes roughly 7h 11m gate to gate, flying east. 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
- ESL — Elista Airport · Elista, Russia
- YUA — Yuanmou Air Base · Yuanmou, China
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
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Near ESL
- STW · Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport138 mi away
- VLK · Volgodonsk Airport140 mi away
Near YUA
- PZI · Bao'anying Airport56 mi away
- KMG · Kunming Changshui International Airport79 mi away
- DLU · Dali Airport98 mi away
- LJG · Lijiang Airport121 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is ESL from YUA?
The flight distance from Elista (ESL) to Yuanmou (YUA) is 3,429 miles (5,518 km, 2,979 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from ESL to YUA?
A nonstop flight takes about 7h 11m 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 ESL to YUA?
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