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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Andrau Airpark (AAP), Houston, Texas, United States and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,600 miles (or 2,575 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 Andrau Airpark and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AAP / KAAP |
Airport Name: | Andrau Airpark |
Location: | Houston, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°43'0"N by 95°34'59"W |
Area Served: | Houston, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | Closed |
Airport Type: | General Aviation |
Elevation: | 80 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from AAP |
More Information: | AAP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SJC / KSJC |
Airport Name: | Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport |
Location: | San Jose, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°21'46"N by 121°55'45"W |
Area Served: | San Jose, California |
Operator/Owner: | City of San Jose |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 62 feet (19 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from SJC |
More Information: | SJC Maps & Info |
Facts about Andrau Airpark (AAP):
- Andrau Airpark (AAP) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Andrau Airpark (AAP) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,987 miles (17,682 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Andrau Airpark was a public use airport located in the Alief community of Houston, Texas, United States, formerly an unincorporated section of Harris County, from the late 1940s through 1998.
- The closest airport to Andrau Airpark (AAP) is Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SW of AAP.
- Because of Andrau Airpark's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Andrau Airpark 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.
Facts about Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC):
- The furthest airport from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,363 miles (18,287 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In 1939 Ernie Renzel, a wholesale grocer and future mayor of San Jose, led a group that negotiated an option to buy 483 acres of the Stockton Ranch from the Crocker family, to be the site of San Jose's airport.
- In November 2001 the airport was renamed after Norman Yoshio Mineta, a native of San Jose, its former mayor and congressman, former United States Secretary of Commerce and former United States Secretary of Transportation.
- The closest airport to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (RHV), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of SJC.
- From 1960 to 2010 San Jose State University operated a flight-simulator facility for its aviation program in buildings at the southeast corner of the airport.
- Because of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International 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.
- Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) has 3 runways.
- Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport handled 8,357,384 passengers last year.
- In October 2005, Hawaiian Airlines began daily nonstops to Honolulu.
- In September 2009, San Jose Airport Management announced the 90-day closure of the general aviation runway 11/29 as part of a reconstruction project.
- On February 4, 2013, Virgin America announced it will begin service from San Jose to Los Angeles International Airport on May 1, 2013, with four daily nonstop flights each way.