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FME to SQJ: distance & flight time
Fort Meade (Tipton Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
7,813 mi
12,574 km · 6,790 nm
15h 47m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
7,813 miles nonstop takes roughly 15h 47m 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
- FME — Tipton Airport · Fort Meade, 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 FME
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 FME from SQJ?
The flight distance from Fort Meade (FME) to Sanming (SQJ) is 7,813 miles (12,574 km, 6,790 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FME to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 15h 47m 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 FME to SQJ?
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