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FXE to SQJ: distance & flight time
Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
8,608 mi
13,854 km · 7,480 nm
17h 21m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
8,608 miles nonstop takes roughly 17h 21m 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
- FXE — Fort Lauderdale Executive 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 FXE
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport9 mi away
- MIA · Miami International Airport29 mi away
- PPM · Pompano Beach Airpark5 mi away
- BCT · Boca Raton Airport13 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 FXE from SQJ?
The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale (FXE) to Sanming (SQJ) is 8,608 miles (13,854 km, 7,480 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FXE to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 17h 21m 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 FXE to SQJ?
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