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SWQ to SQJ: distance & flight time
Sumbawa Island (Sumbawa Besar Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
2,413 mi
3,883 km · 2,096 nm
5h 12m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
2,413 miles nonstop takes roughly 5h 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
- SWQ — Sumbawa Besar Airport · Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
- SQJ — Shaxian Airport · Sanming, China
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near SWQ
- LOP · Lombok International Airport80 mi away
- BMU · Muhammad Salahuddin Airport87 mi away
- AMI · Selaparang Airport90 mi away
- TMC · Tambolaka Airport140 mi away
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
Frequently asked questions
How far is SWQ from SQJ?
The flight distance from Sumbawa Island (SWQ) to Sanming (SQJ) is 2,413 miles (3,883 km, 2,096 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SWQ to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 5h 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 SWQ to SQJ?
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