Nonstop flight route between N'zeto, Angola and Santa Maria, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport (ARZ), N'zeto, Angola and Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX), Santa Maria, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,919 miles (or 14,354 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 N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport and Santa Maria Public 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 N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport and Santa Maria Public Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport (ARZ):

• Because of N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport's relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at N'Zeto/Ambrizete 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 N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport (ARZ) is Namibe Airport (MSZ), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of ARZ.
• N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport (ARZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport", another name for ARZ is "N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport (N'Zeto)".
• The furthest airport from N'Zeto/Ambrizete Airport (ARZ) is Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), which is located 11,763 miles (18,930 kilometers) away in Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.

Facts about Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX):

• The furthest airport from Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,466 miles (18,453 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The closest airport to Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) is Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSW of SMX.
• Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) has 2 runways.
• A runway extension opened on May 3, 2012, from 6,304 ft.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Maria Public Airport", another name for SMX is "Capt. G. Allan Hancock FieldSanta Maria Army Airfield".
• The extended primary runway at Santa Maria is paved to 8,004 feet, giving the airport the longest civil runway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on the central coast and Vandenberg AFB's runway are longer).
• During its use by the military Santa Maria AAF also controlled Estrella Army Airfield, near Paso Robles as an auxiliary airfield to support the pilot training activity.
• Because of Santa Maria Public Airport's relatively low elevation of 261 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Maria Public 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.