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GBA to SQJ: distance & flight time
Pailton (Cotswold Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
5,932 mi
9,546 km · 5,155 nm
12h 6m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
5,932 miles nonstop takes roughly 12h 6m gate to gate, flying northeast. 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
- GBA — Cotswold Airport · Pailton, United Kingdom
- 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 GBA
- FFD · RAF Fairford11 mi away
- LYE · RAF Lyneham12 mi away
- GLO · Gloucestershire Airport16 mi away
- BZZ · RAF Brize Norton21 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 GBA from SQJ?
The flight distance from Pailton (GBA) to Sanming (SQJ) is 5,932 miles (9,546 km, 5,155 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GBA to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 12h 6m 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 GBA to SQJ?
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