has talked about domestic short-distance routes, domestic long-distance routes, and international long-distance routes, but I have not mentioned international short-distance routes. Therefore, from this period, I will talk about some short-distance international direct routes in China one after another. International long-distance routes have routes that are often several thousand or even tens of thousands of kilometers, and short-distance routes that are less than two or three thousand kilometers or even only a few hundred kilometers. Therefore, the shortest route here is a broad concept, which refers to a general term for routes with a flight distance of hundreds of kilometers to two or three thousand kilometers. I hope everyone can understand, thank you.
This period is the first period of international short-distance routes. Let’s talk about one that may be the shortest international direct flight route in our country, Dalian direct flight to Seoul, South Korea. I have talked about the city of Dalian many times. This is indeed the first time Seoul is talking about it, so before talking about the route, let me introduce Seoul first.
Seoul, South Korea, was called Seoul before renamed in 2005. It is the capital of South Korea and the largest city on the Korean Peninsula. Like Tokyo and Shanghai, Seoul is also one of the major financial cities in Asia. Seoul is also a political, economic, scientific, educational and transportation hub center in South Korea.
Seoul night view
Political aspect, Seoul, as the capital of South Korea, has its political status self-evident. In terms of economy, Seoul's GDP in 2019 was US$894.6 billion, ranking fourth in the world, second only to , Los Angeles, , and second only to Tokyo in Asia. It is an important economic center in the world. In 2020, Seoul had a total population of 9.911 million, which may be due to the epidemic. Seoul fell below the 10 million population mark that has been maintained for 32 years. Seoul's population is less than half of Shanghai, and its total economic output is far higher than Shanghai, so the gap between per capita GDP and Shanghai is even greater.
In terms of technology, culture and education, Seoul ranks astonishing second among the world's most developed cities in 2018, second only to London. Therefore, it is not surprising that Seoul has spawned technology giants such as Samsung and LG.
Samsung
In terms of culture, Seoul has many Korean universities, such as Seoul University , Hanyang University , etc. Seoul is a veritable university city. Because Seoul has the unparalleled attraction of other cities in South Korea, Seoul has attracted a large influx of population in other cities in South Korea, so in South Korea, the term "first floater" is also available.
The climate in Seoul is generally pleasant. Seoul is roughly located at 37° north latitude and 126° east longitude. The climate type in Seoul is temperate monsoon climate, with high temperatures and rainy summers, low temperatures and little rainy winters and springs, and distinct four seasons.
Seoul has two international airports, one is Incheon International Airport , and the other is Gimpo International Airport . Let me introduce Incheon International Airport in detail. Incheon International Airport is located in Yongjong Island, Jung-gu, Incheon Gwangju City, , Incheon Gwangju City, 49 kilometers away from the center of Seoul. The airport level is 4F-level international airport and is positioned as a large international hub airport. According to the official website of Seoul Incheon International Airport, Seoul Incheon International Airport currently has two terminals, T1 and T2, with the main terminal covering an area of about 505,000 and 387,000 square meters. Incheon International Airport currently has 4 runways, all of which are 60 meters wide, 2 of which are slightly shorter, with a length of 3750 meters and 2 slightly longer and a length of 4000 meters. It can be said that any of the four runways of Incheon Airport, are the standard of a 4F-level international airport, and can take off and land the world's largest passenger plane A380. Before the epidemic in 2019, Incheon International Airport completed a total passenger throughput of 71.16 million, ranking first in South Korea.
Incheon Airport
South Korea's largest airline, one of the Days-United Alliance , the main operating base of Korean Air is located at Incheon International Airport. Korean Air is also one of the largest airlines in Asia. As of 2020, Korean Air has 170 aircraft, with wide-body passenger aircraft accounting for as much as 70%. Currently, Korean Air operates 7 models: Boeing 787, Boeing 777, Airbus A380, Boeing 747, Boeing 737, Airbus A330, and Airbus A320. The reason why Korean Air mainly sells wide-body aircraft is mainly because South Korea's land area is too small and the total domestic routes are small, but it is extremely busy.You may not guess that the aviation industry suffered a huge blow due to the epidemic in 2020, and among the world's busiest routes in 2020, all domestic routes in South Korea were ranked first and second. The first is the route from Seoul Gimpo Airport to South Korea Jeju . The second is the Jeju to Seoul Gimpo route from South Korea. Perhaps in our opinion, the busiest routes in China, Hongqiao to Shenzhen, Shanghai to Guangzhou, are all ranked outside the 10th.
Korean Air mainly operates a number of international routes originating from South Korea, and wide-body aircraft are more advantageous in international routes.
Seoul will introduce this first. Let’s take a look at the route from Dalian to Seoul. On April 16, Korean Air Flight KE869 took the international route from Seoul Incheon International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport .
Korean Air 777
Overall summary of flight information
Flight number: KE869, aircraft number LH7784
Departure time: Beijing time April 16 11:58
Arrival time: Beijing time April 16 12:59
Flying time: Beijing time April 16 12:59
Flying Travel distance: 460 kilometers
Flight time: 1 hour 1 minute
Departure airport: Seoul Incheon International Airport
Arrival airport: Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
Model: Boeing 777-300ER
Age: 11.5 years
I don’t know if you have noticed it. One thing is funny is that Dalian uses Beijing time, and Beijing time uses in Dongba District 2, while Seoul is located in , Dongjiu District in , and uses dongjiu District , which means that Seoul time is one hour earlier than Beijing time. So Beijing time is 11:58, and Seoul time is 12:58. One hour and one minute later, it is 12:59 Beijing time when you arrive in Dalian, and the Seoul time on your watch is already 13:59. So, if you fly for an hour, you have to slow down the watch for an hour and then adjust it to 12:59. So if you only look at the time on your watch, the flight from Seoul to Beijing only took you a minute. Okay, let’s get back to the topic and continue to talk about the route.
real-time flight data
Beijing time 11:07, KE869 started to board passengers, and the passengers were all at 11:36.
Beijing time 11:58, KE869 flight from Seoul Incheon International Airport. After taking off, climb to a cruising altitude of 7725 meters above sea level.
12; 27, KE869 starts to descend and is ready to land.
12:59, KE869 landed on runway 28, Zhoushuizi Airport, Dalian. At 13:03, the plane left the runway and followed the guide car into the airport Q23 stoppage.
aircraft flight approximate path
aircraft flight route is roughly flying southwest after taking off from Seoul, and enter the sky above Yellow Sea . When flying to the middle waters between Shandong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula. The plane turned northwest and arrived in Dalian.
KE869 flight track map
KE869 arrived in Dalian at 12:29 on the 16th. Soon the plane took off from Dalian again at 15:39 and returned to Seoul Incheon Airport.
The airline that flies this flight is Korean Air, to help everyone get to know Korean Air's flight attendant uniforms.
Korean Airlines flight attendant
Original flight model is Boeing 777-300. The following are the relevant data parameters of 77W.
Dahan 777 take off·
Length: 73.90 m
Wingspan: 64.80 m
Height: 18.60 m
Cabin width: 5.86 m
Single-stage Cockpit Layout seats: 550
3 Cockpit seats: 316
Flight distance: 14680 km
Cruise speed: 0.84 Mach
Engine: Two GE 90-115B turbofan engines
Engine Maximum thrust: 115,000 lbs (510 kN)
Maximum fuel capacity: 181280 liters
