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SQJ to LCH: distance & flight time
Sanming (Shaxian Airport) → Lake Charles (Lake Charles Regional Airport)
8,023 mi
12,911 km · 6,972 nm
16h 12m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
8,023 miles nonstop takes roughly 16h 12m 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
- SQJ — Shaxian Airport · Sanming, China
- LCH — Lake Charles Regional Airport · Lake Charles, 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 LCH
- BPT · Southeast Texas Regional Airport49 mi away
- DRI · Beauregard Regional Airport49 mi away
- BMT · Beaumont Municipal Airport59 mi away
- POE · Polk Army Air Field64 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SQJ from LCH?
The flight distance from Sanming (SQJ) to Lake Charles (LCH) is 8,023 miles (12,911 km, 6,972 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SQJ to LCH?
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 LCH?
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