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RAP to SQJ: distance & flight time
Rapid City (Rapid City Regional Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
6,924 mi
11,142 km · 6,016 nm
14h 3m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
6,924 miles nonstop takes roughly 14h 3m gate to gate, flying northwest. 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
- RAP — Rapid City Regional Airport · Rapid City, 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 RAP
- RCA · Ellsworth Air Force Base7 mi away
- SPF · Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field47 mi away
- CDR · Chadron Municipal Airport83 mi away
- GCC · Gillette Campbell County Airport125 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 RAP from SQJ?
The flight distance from Rapid City (RAP) to Sanming (SQJ) is 6,924 miles (11,142 km, 6,016 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from RAP to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 14h 3m 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 RAP to SQJ?
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