Nonstop flight route between Aalborg, Denmark and Santa Maria, Portugal:
Departure Airport:
(57°5'34"N by 9°50'57"E)
Arrival Airport:
(36°58'26"N by 25°10'15"W)
Distance from AAL to SMA:
2,116.92 miles (3,406.85 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Aalborg Airport (AAL), Aalborg, Denmark and Santa Maria Airport (SMA), Santa Maria, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,117 miles (or 3,407 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Aalborg Airport and Santa Maria Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AAL / EKYT |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Aalborg, Denmark |
| GPS Coordinates: | 57°5'34"N by 9°50'57"E |
| Area Served: | Aalborg, Denmark |
| Operator/Owner: | Aalborg Lufthavn a.m.b.a. |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from AAL |
| More Information: | AAL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMA / LPAZ |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Santa Maria, Portugal |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°58'26"N by 25°10'15"W |
| Area Served: | Vila do Porto |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Portugal |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 308 feet (94 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SMA |
| More Information: | SMA Maps & Info |
Facts about Aalborg Airport (AAL):
- In addition to being known as "Aalborg Airport", another name for AAL is "Aalborg Lufthavn".
- The furthest airport from Aalborg Airport (AAL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,479 miles (18,474 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Aalborg Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Aalborg Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Aalborg Airport (AAL) has 2 runways.
- North Flying has its head office in the North Flying Terminal at Aalborg Airport.
- The closest airport to Aalborg Airport (AAL) is Sindal Airport (CNL), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NNE of AAL.
- Aalborg Airport handled 142,228 passengers last year.
Facts about Santa Maria Airport (SMA):
- Santa Maria Airport is an airport located 5 km west northwest of the urbanized area of Vila do Porto on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria, in the autonomous region of the Azores.
- Transportes Aéreos Portugueses began lay-over flights to this airport on 7 December 1962, eventually inaugurating trans-Atlantic service between Santa Maria-New York and Santa Maria-Montreal.
- In addition to being known as "Santa Maria Airport", another name for SMA is "Aeroporto de Santa Maria".
- Because of Santa Maria Airport's relatively low elevation of 308 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Maria Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The closest airport to Santa Maria Airport (SMA) is João Paulo II Airport (PDL), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) NNW of SMA.
- For a while, Air France's supersonic Concordes were routed to Santa Maria on refueling layovers between Paris and Caracas.
- Santa Maria Airport (SMA) currently has only 1 runway.
- It has one runway which is 3,048 m × 60 m.
- The furthest airport from Santa Maria Airport (SMA) is Moruya Airport (MYA), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Maria Airport (meaning Santa Maria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Moruya Airport), and is located 12,166 miles (19,579 kilometers) away in Moruya, New South Wales, Australia.
- Santa Maria Airport handled 93,436 passengers last year.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 31.76 miles (51.11 km) NNE | Sindal Airport (CNL) | Sindal, Denmark |     |
| 2 | 42.99 miles (69.18 km) W | Thisted Airport (TED) | Thisted, Denmark | |
| 3 | 44.92 miles (72.29 km) ENE | Laesoe Airfield (BYR) | Læsø, Denmark | |
| 4 | 45.39 miles (73.05 km) SW | Skive Airport (SQW) | Skive, Denmark | |
| 5 | 61.44 miles (98.87 km) SSW | Karup Airport (KRP) | Karup, Denmark | |
| 6 | 61.82 miles (99.49 km) SSE | Aarhus Airport (AAR) | Aarhus, Denmark | |
| 7 | 88.75 miles (142.83 km) ENE | Göteborg City Airport (GSE) | Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden | |
| 8 | 95.10 miles (153.05 km) SW | Stauning Vestjylland Airport (STA) | Skjern, Denmark | |
| 9 | 97.17 miles (156.38 km) SSW | Billund Airport (BLL) | Billund, Denmark | |
| 10 | 99.04 miles (159.38 km) ENE | Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT) | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| 11 | 100.73 miles (162.11 km) NW | Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) | Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway | |
| 12 | 113.18 miles (182.14 km) S | Hans Christian Andersen Airport (ODE) | Odense, Denmark | |
| 13 | 115.50 miles (185.88 km) ESE | Halmstad Airport (HAD) | Halmstad, Sweden | |
| 14 | 119.11 miles (191.69 km) SSW | Esbjerg Airport (EBJ) | Esbjerg, Denmark | |
| 15 | 125.15 miles (201.42 km) NE | Trollhättan–Vänersborg Airport (THN) | Trollhättan / Vänersborg, Sweden | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,479.03 miles (18,473.66 km) SSE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,300.20 miles (18,185.87 km) SE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,282.58 miles (18,157.51 km) ESE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,275.27 miles (18,145.75 km) SE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,265.19 miles (18,129.53 km) ESE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,242.38 miles (18,092.82 km) SE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,236.63 miles (18,083.56 km) SE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,236.05 miles (18,082.62 km) SE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,232.47 miles (18,076.87 km) SE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,206.76 miles (18,035.49 km) ESE | Queenstown Airport (ZQN) | Queenstown, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,206.48 miles (18,035.03 km) SE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,197.46 miles (18,020.53 km) SE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,188.26 miles (18,005.72 km) SE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,180.68 miles (17,993.51 km) SE | Mount Cook Airport (MON) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,162.71 miles (17,964.59 km) ESE | Milford Sound Airport (MFN) | Milford Sound, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 60.44 miles (97.26 km) NNW | João Paulo II Airport (PDL) | Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal | |
| 2 | 161.94 miles (260.61 km) NW | Lajes Air Base (TER) | Lajes, Azores, Portugal | |
| 3 | 209.34 miles (336.90 km) WNW | Pico Airport (PIX) | Pico Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 4 | 213.54 miles (343.67 km) NW | Graciosa Airport (GRW) | Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 5 | 221.17 miles (355.94 km) WNW | Horta International Airport (HOR) | Horta, Azores, Portugal | |
| 6 | 366.19 miles (589.32 km) WNW | Flores Airport (FLW) | Flores Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 7 | 371.97 miles (598.63 km) WNW | Corvo Airport (CVU) | Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 8 | 560.01 miles (901.25 km) ESE | Madeira Airport (FNC) | Funchal, Madeira, Portugal | |
| 9 | 566.98 miles (912.46 km) ESE | Porto Santo Airport (PXO) | Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal | |
| 10 | 719.25 miles (1,157.51 km) SE | La Palma Airport (SPC) | La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 11 | 771.87 miles (1,242.20 km) SE | La Gomera Airport (GMZ) | Alajeró / San Sebastián, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 12 | 778.68 miles (1,253.16 km) SE | Tenerife North Airport (TFN) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 13 | 793.97 miles (1,277.77 km) SE | Tenerife-South Airport (TFS) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 14 | 844.99 miles (1,359.87 km) SE | Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) | Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 15 | 869.00 miles (1,398.51 km) SE | Lanzarote Airport (ACE) | Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,166.03 miles (19,579.28 km) ESE | Moruya Airport (MYA) | Moruya, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 2 | 12,164.68 miles (19,577.11 km) E | Merimbula Airport (MIM) | Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 3 | 12,155.61 miles (19,562.50 km) SE | Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL) | Shellharbour, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 4 | 12,143.59 miles (19,543.17 km) SE | Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) | Mascot (near Sydney), Australia | |
| 5 | 12,135.02 miles (19,529.37 km) SE | Bankstown Airport (BWU) | Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia | |
| 6 | 12,128.04 miles (19,518.13 km) SE | Camden Aerodrome (CDU) | Camden, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 7 | 12,113.81 miles (19,495.24 km) ESE | Goulburn Airport (GUL) | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 8 | 12,112.40 miles (19,492.97 km) SE | Belmont Airport (BEO) | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 9 | 12,102.07 miles (19,476.35 km) ESE | Canberra Airport (CBR) | Canberra, Australia | |
| 10 | 12,101.93 miles (19,476.12 km) SSE | Newcastle Airport (NTL) | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 11 | 12,086.58 miles (19,451.41 km) SE | Cessnock Airport (CES) | Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 12 | 12,086.22 miles (19,450.83 km) SSE | Maitland Airport (MTL) | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 13 | 12,054.69 miles (19,400.10 km) SE | Bathurst Airport (BHS) | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 14 | 12,047.90 miles (19,389.17 km) E | Corryong Airport (CYG) | Corryong, Victoria, Australia | |
| 15 | 12,038.04 miles (19,373.30 km) SSE | Port Macquarie Airport (PQQ) | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | |