Nonstop flight route between Santiago, Chile and Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), Santiago, Chile and LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT), Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,562 miles (or 8,950 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 Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport and LA/Ontario International 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 Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport and LA/Ontario International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SCL / SCEL |
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Location: | Santiago, Chile |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°23'34"S by 70°47'8"W |
Area Served: | Santiago |
Operator/Owner: | SCL Aeropuerto de Santiago |
Airport Type: | Public and Military |
Elevation: | 1555 feet (474 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SCL |
More Information: | SCL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ONT / KONT |
Airport Name: | LA/Ontario International Airport |
Location: | Ontario (near Los Angeles), California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°3'21"N by 117°36'3"W |
Area Served: | Ontario, California / Inland Empire, California |
Operator/Owner: | Los Angeles World Airports |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 944 feet (288 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ONT |
More Information: | ONT Maps & Info |
Facts about Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL):
- The demands of the growing metropolitan area of Santiago and the need for modern, jet-era airport facilities, which could safely accommodate both domestic and intercontinental flights, drove the need to relocate the Chilean capital's principal airport from Los Cerrillos Airport in the denser southwest metropolitan region of Santiago to the more rural northwest metropolitan area.
- Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) has 2 runways.
- Santiago Airport has 21 well-known restaurants, coffee shops, and bars, located in the public area and in the national and international departing lounges.
- During the 2010 Chile Earthquake, the passenger terminal building suffered internal damages and the collapse of a pedestrian bridge between the vehicle ramp and the departures area.
- Construction on Runway 17R/35L began in 2004 and opened to traffic in September 2005.
- The closest airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) NW of SCL.
- The furthest airport from Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) is Ankang Wulipu Airport (AKA), which is nearly antipodal to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (meaning Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ankang Wulipu Airport), and is located 12,387 miles (19,934 kilometers) away in Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
- In addition to being known as "Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport", other names for SCL include "Pudahuel Airport" and "Santiago International Airport".
Facts about LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT):
- Terminal 2 has 265,000 square feet and 12 gates.
- Ontario is a major southwestern gateway hub for UPS.
- LA/Ontario International Airport handled 4,812,006 passengers last year.
- LA/Ontario has few noise restrictions/abatement rules, unlike other Southern California airports such as John Wayne Airport, Bob Hope Airport, Long Beach Airport, and San Diego International Airport, which all have very strict policies.
- LA/Ontario International Airport, formerly and still commonly known as Ontario International Airport, is a public airport two miles east of downtown Ontario, a city in San Bernardino County, California, US, and about 38 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles.
- Because of LA/Ontario International Airport's relatively low elevation of 944 feet, planes can take off or land at LA/Ontario 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.
- LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,460 miles (18,443 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- In 1981, a second east-west runway, 26L/8R, was built, necessitating the removal of the old NE-SW runway 4/22.
- The closest airport to LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) is Chino Airport (CNO), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSW of ONT.