Solar plane completes world tour

The zero-fuel aircraft, Solar Impulse, has covered more than 30,000km in its quest to become the first plane to circle the world using solely the energy from the Sun

START: Mar 9, 2015. Abu Dhabi

JOURNEY

Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

FINISH: Jul 26, 2016. Abu Dhabi

Mar 09 Abu Dhabi (UAE) - Muscat (Oman) 772km 13hrs 01min

Mar 10 Muscat - Ahmedabad (India) 1,593km 15hrs 20min

Mar 18 Ahmedabad - Varanasi (India) 1,170km 13hrs 15min

Mar 19 Varanasi - Mandalay (Myanmar) 1,536km 13hrs 29min

Mar 29 Mandalay - Chongqing (China) 1,636km 20hrs 29min

Apr 21 Chongqing - Nanjing (China) 1,384km 17hrs 22min

May 31 Nanjing - Nagoya (Japan) 2,942km 44hrs 09min

Jun 28 Nagoya - Hawaii (U.S.) 8,924km 117hrs 52min

Plane grounded for nine months in Hawaii to repair damaged batteries

Apr 21 Hawaii - San Francisco (U.S.) 4,086km 62hrs 29min

May 2 San Francisco - Phoenix (U.S.) 1,113km 15hrs 52min

May 12 Phoenix - Tulsa (U.S.) 1,570km 18hrs 10min

May 21 Tulsa - Dayton (U.S.) 1,113km 16hrs 34min

May 25 Dayton - Lehigh Valley (U.S.) 1,044km 16hrs 49min

Jun 11 Lehigh Valley - New York (U.S.) 265km 4hrs 41min

Jun 20 New York - Seville (Spain) 6,765km 71hrs 8min

Jul 11 Seville - Cairo (Egypt) 3,745km 48hrs 50min

Jul 24 Cairo - Abu Dhabi (UAE) 1,965km Around 48hrs

Source: Solar Impulse

Picture: Getty Images