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SQJ to CET: distance & flight time
Sanming (Shaxian Airport) → Cholet (Cholet Le Pontreau Airport)
6,088 mi
9,797 km · 5,290 nm
12h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
6,088 miles nonstop takes roughly 12h 24m 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
- SQJ — Shaxian Airport · Sanming, China
- CET — Cholet Le Pontreau Airport · Cholet, France
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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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
Near CET
- EDM · La Roche-sur-Yon Airport35 mi away
- NTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport35 mi away
- ANE · Angers-Loire Airport42 mi away
- NIT · Niort-Souché Airport58 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SQJ from CET?
The flight distance from Sanming (SQJ) to Cholet (CET) is 6,088 miles (9,797 km, 5,290 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SQJ to CET?
A nonstop flight takes about 12h 24m 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 SQJ to CET?
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