Nonstop flight route between Amboseli, Kenya and San Jose, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Amboseli Airport (ASV), Amboseli, Kenya and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,698 miles (or 15,608 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 Amboseli Airport and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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 Amboseli Airport and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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 Amboseli Airport (ASV):

• At 1,145 metres above sea level, the airport has a single asphalt runway that measures 1,001 metres in length.
• The closest airport to Amboseli Airport (ASV) is Moshi Airport (QSI), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) S of ASV.
• Amboseli Airport is in Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province, in Amboseli National Park, in south-central Kenya, close to the international border with the Republic of Tanzania.
• The furthest airport from Amboseli Airport (ASV) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,542 miles (18,574 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC):

• The closest airport to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (RHV), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of SJC.
• Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) has 3 runways.
• Reduction at SJC continued throughout 2004.
• In November 2005 a scaled-back plan was approved and announced.
• Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport handled 8,357,384 passengers last year.
• SJC is a "downtown airport", unlike SFO and OAK which are on opposite shores of San Francisco Bay.
• The furthest airport from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,363 miles (18,287 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The terminal includes an international arrivals building, which contains Gates 15 and 16.
• In August 2010, Mexicana Airlines also suspended all flights permanently due to bankruptcy.
• Because of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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.
• Frontier Airlines pulled out of SJC in May 2010, citing lack of profitability on its single flight from the airport to Denver, Colorado.