Hu Jintao's Visit to Washington, DC
 

As I write this message, China's President Hu Jintao is in Washington, DC, to meet with President Obama and others. He arrived at Andrews AFB and presumably will depart from there.

I am curious to know what type of aircraft on which he flew, and what was the flight path, including intermediate stops?

Where I am likely to find that information? A review of news sources offered little.

Found the aircraft's identity, not much else.

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rjemery

info from the free flightaware website of details of flight

Boeing 747-400 (quad-jet) (H/B744/Q)

Origin Beijing Capital Int'l (ZBAA / PEK)

Destination Andrews Afb (KADW)

Route VALDA G212 FDV OME J122 GAL NCA19 CHAPO NCA19 ALSAB NCA23 YSF NCA22 YTH NCA22 YSB J557 YEE J556 YYZ J531 BUF J61 PSB V30 SEG V170 MXE

Date Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Duration 13 hours 4 minutesStatus .

Tail Number B-2472 from another free website


He flies to Chicago from Andrews today 20/1 at 1525 EST

andrewlutonuk

Thanks for the photo. The B747-400 has an absolute range of 7,670 nmi or 14,200 km.

The straight line distance between Beijing and Washington, DC, is 6933 mi or 11157 km.

Thus, the flight could have been made non-stop. Assuming a cruising speed of 550 mi/hr, the trip would have taken about 16 hours.