Nonstop flight route between Homer, Alaska, United States and San Antonio Oeste, Argentina:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Homer Airport (HOM), Homer, Alaska, United States and Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES), San Antonio Oeste, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,474 miles (or 13,638 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 large distance between Homer Airport and Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Homer Airport and Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HOM / PAHO |
Airport Name: | Homer Airport |
Location: | Homer, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 59°38'44"N by 151°28'36"W |
Area Served: | Homer, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 84 feet (26 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HOM |
More Information: | HOM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OES / SAVN |
Airport Name: | Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport |
Location: | San Antonio Oeste, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°45'5"S by 65°2'3"W |
Area Served: | San Antonio Oeste |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OES |
More Information: | OES Maps & Info |
Facts about Homer Airport (HOM):
- Homer Airport covers an area of 1,040 acres at an elevation of 84 feet above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Homer Airport (HOM) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,659 miles (17,154 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- The closest airport to Homer Airport (HOM) is Seldovia Airport (SOV), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) SSW of HOM.
- Homer Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles east of the central business district of Homer, a town in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S.
- In March 2006, agents from the US Marshal service, in conjunction with local police, attempted to apprehend a violent methamphetamine dealer, Jason Karlo Anderson, who had fled from charges in Minnesota.
- Homer Airport (HOM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The FAA completed a new master plan for the airport in 2006 and expansion and safety improvements are ongoing.
- Because of Homer Airport's relatively low elevation of 84 feet, planes can take off or land at Homer 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.
Facts about Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES):
- Due to a lack of facility, runway and airport maintenance for over 20 years, commercial air services were discontinued to the airport in 2009.
- The terminal building is very similar in architectural design to others in the Patagonian region, basically of a simple, plain design with appropriately sized common areas which provides an acceptable level of service for the area's normal traffic.
- Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) is Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport (ZQZ), which is nearly antipodal to Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (meaning Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport), and is located 12,435 miles (20,012 kilometers) away in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China.
- Because of Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Antoine de Saint Exupéry 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 Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) E of OES.
- San Antonio Oeste's airport was renamed after the French writer-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry who frequently surveyed routes in the country as the director of Aeroposta Argentina, the company that created a stopover airport at that location en route to Comodoro Rivadavia.