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SQJ to FTY: distance & flight time
Sanming (Shaxian Airport) → Atlanta (Fulton County Airport Brown Field)
8,026 mi
12,917 km · 6,975 nm
16h 12m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
8,026 miles nonstop takes roughly 16h 12m 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
- SQJ — Shaxian Airport · Sanming, China
- FTY — Fulton County Airport Brown Field · Atlanta, United States
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 FTY
- ATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport11 mi away
- MGE · Dobbins Air Reserve Base9 mi away
- PDK · DeKalb Peachtree Airport14 mi away
- LZU · Gwinnett County Briscoe Field35 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SQJ from FTY?
The flight distance from Sanming (SQJ) to Atlanta (FTY) is 8,026 miles (12,917 km, 6,975 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SQJ to FTY?
A nonstop flight takes about 16h 12m 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 FTY?
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