Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
JIC to LBF: distance & flight time
Jinchuan (Jinchuan Airport) → North Platte (North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field)
6,744 mi
10,853 km · 5,860 nm
13h 41m
estimated nonstop flight time
—
time difference · heading north
See live JIC→LBF fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
6,744 miles nonstop takes roughly 13h 41m 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
- JIC — Jinchuan Airport · Jinchuan, China
- LBF — North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field · North Platte, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near JIC
- RHT · Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport64 mi away
- YZY · Zhangye Ganzhou Airport92 mi away
- XNN · Xining Caojiabu Airport140 mi away
Near LBF
- LXN · Jim Kelly Field53 mi away
- MCK · Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport64 mi away
- HDE · Brewster Field84 mi away
- SNY · Sidney Municipal-Lloyd W Carr Field120 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is JIC from LBF?
The flight distance from Jinchuan (JIC) to North Platte (LBF) is 6,744 miles (10,853 km, 5,860 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from JIC to LBF?
A nonstop flight takes about 13h 41m 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 JIC to LBF?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on JIC–LBF that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.