Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
SQJ to PSP: distance & flight time
Sanming (Shaxian Airport) → Palm Springs (Palm Springs International Airport)
6,959 mi
11,199 km · 6,047 nm
14h 7m
estimated nonstop flight time
—
time difference · heading northeast
See live SQJ→PSP fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
6,959 miles nonstop takes roughly 14h 7m 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
- PSP — Palm Springs International Airport · Palm Springs, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
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 PSP
- UDD · Bermuda Dunes Airport14 mi away
- BNG · Banning Municipal Airport21 mi away
- TRM · Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport24 mi away
- RBK · French Valley Airport40 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SQJ from PSP?
The flight distance from Sanming (SQJ) to Palm Springs (PSP) is 6,959 miles (11,199 km, 6,047 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SQJ to PSP?
A nonstop flight takes about 14h 7m 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 PSP?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on SQJ–PSP that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.