Nonstop flight route between Santa Barbara, California, United States and Portoviejo, Ecuador:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States and Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO), Portoviejo, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,534 miles (or 5,687 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 Santa Barbara Airport and Reales Tamarindos 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 Santa Barbara Airport and Reales Tamarindos Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBA / KSBA |
Airport Name: | Santa Barbara Airport |
Location: | Santa Barbara, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°25'33"N by 119°50'25"W |
Area Served: | Santa Barbara, California |
Operator/Owner: | City of Santa Barbara |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from SBA |
More Information: | SBA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PVO / SEPV |
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Location: | Portoviejo, Ecuador |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°2'29"S by 80°28'18"W |
Area Served: | Portoviejo, Ecuador |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 130 feet (40 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from PVO |
More Information: | PVO Maps & Info |
Facts about Santa Barbara Airport (SBA):
- The furthest airport from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The largest passenger jet currently serving Santa Barbara is the Airbus A319 operated by Frontier Airlines nonstop to Denver.
- Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Santa Ynez Airport (SQA), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NW of SBA.
- Until 2002 Santa Barbara Airport was on a mainline jet aircraft route between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
- As airplane manufacturing grew in the late 1930s that airstrip developed into an airfield.
- Because of Santa Barbara Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Barbara 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.
- On August 18, 2011 the airport opened a new 72,000 square foot terminal to add to the single story terminal built by United Airlines in 1942.
Facts about Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO):
- In addition to being known as "Reales Tamarindos Airport", another name for PVO is "Aeropuerto Reales Tamarindos".
- The closest airport to Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO) is Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) WNW of PVO.
- The furthest airport from Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO) is Aek Godang Airport (AEG), which is nearly antipodal to Reales Tamarindos Airport (meaning Reales Tamarindos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aek Godang Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,974 kilometers) away in Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia.
- Because of Reales Tamarindos Airport's relatively low elevation of 130 feet, planes can take off or land at Reales Tamarindos 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.