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FLL to SQJ: distance & flight time
Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
8,617 mi
13,867 km · 7,488 nm
17h 22m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
8,617 miles nonstop takes roughly 17h 22m 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
- FLL — Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · Fort Lauderdale, 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 FLL
- MIA · Miami International Airport21 mi away
- HWO · North Perry Airport7 mi away
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport9 mi away
- PPM · Pompano Beach Airpark12 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 FLL from SQJ?
The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Sanming (SQJ) is 8,617 miles (13,867 km, 7,488 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FLL to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 17h 22m 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 FLL to SQJ?
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