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SQJ to PAD: distance & flight time
Sanming (Shaxian Airport) → Paderborn (Paderborn Lippstadt Airport)
5,559 mi
8,946 km · 4,831 nm
11h 22m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
5,559 miles nonstop takes roughly 11h 22m 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
- PAD — Paderborn Lippstadt Airport · Paderborn, Germany
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 PAD
- BFE · Bielefeld Airport24 mi away
- GUT · Gütersloh Air Base25 mi away
- KSF · Kassel-Calden Airport36 mi away
- DTM · Dortmund Airport44 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SQJ from PAD?
The flight distance from Sanming (SQJ) to Paderborn (PAD) is 5,559 miles (8,946 km, 4,831 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SQJ to PAD?
A nonstop flight takes about 11h 22m 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 PAD?
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