Nonstop flight route between Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Faleolo International Airport (APW), Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa and Tijuana International Airport (TIJ), Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,843 miles (or 7,794 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 Faleolo International Airport and Tijuana 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 Faleolo International Airport and Tijuana International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Faleolo International Airport (APW):

• The furthest airport from Faleolo International Airport (APW) is Maradi Airport (MFQ), which is nearly antipodal to Faleolo International Airport (meaning Faleolo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maradi Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,913 kilometers) away in Maradi, Niger.
• The closest airport to Faleolo International Airport (APW) is Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) WNW of APW.
• Because of Faleolo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 58 feet, planes can take off or land at Faleolo 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.
• Faleolo Tower has some jurisdiction over the airspace of American Samoa and Tonga as well as its own airspace.
• Small turboprop aircraft connect American and independent Samoa.
• Faleolo International Airport (APW) currently has only 1 runway.
• Until 1984, Faleolo could not accommodate jets larger than a Boeing 737.

Facts about Tijuana International Airport (TIJ):

• The original terminal was then assigned as an air base for the Mexican Armed Forces, and it is now simply known as the aeropuerto viejo, or old airport.
• The closest airport to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) is Brown Field Municipal Airport (SDM), which is located only 2 miles (4 kilometers) NNW of TIJ.
• The furthest airport from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,553 miles (18,593 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The airport serves as focus city for Aeroméxico, the leading airline in Tijuana, which operates up to 20 daily flights to/from 15 Mexican cities.
• In addition to being known as "Tijuana International Airport", another name for TIJ is "General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport".
• Brown Field Municipal Airport in San Diego, California lies just over one nautical mile north of TIJ, with a similar runway length and orientation.
• Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) has 2 runways.
• The airport may be reached from Downtown Tijuana or Zona Rio by local bus.
• Because of Tijuana International Airport's relatively low elevation of 489 feet, planes can take off or land at Tijuana 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.
• The airport is named after General Abelardo L.