Nonstop flight route between Stockholm, Sweden and Santa Barbara, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA), Stockholm, Sweden and Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,522 miles (or 8,887 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 Stockholm Bromma Airport and Santa Barbara 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 Stockholm Bromma Airport and Santa Barbara Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA):

• With the opening of the Arlanda Airport in 1960–62, all international traffic moved there, the domestic traffic followed in 1983.
• Because of Stockholm Bromma Airport's relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Stockholm Bromma 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.
• Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• There is parking at the airport, both at the terminal, short-term and long-term parking lots.
• The closest airport to Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA) is Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) N of BMA.
• Sweden's first FBO, Grafair Jet Center, was built in 2004 at the Bromma Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Stockholm Bromma Airport", another name for BMA is "Stockholm-Bromma flygplats".
• The furthest airport from Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,204 miles (18,030 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• When the airport opened in 1936 the surrounding area was mostly rural, however as the city has expanded noise has become an issue.

Facts about Santa Barbara Airport (SBA):

• Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
• In the 1951 war film Flying Leathernecks, John Wayne's character was stationed in Goleta.
• The largest passenger jet currently serving Santa Barbara is the Airbus A319 operated by Frontier Airlines nonstop to Denver.
• The closest airport to Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Santa Ynez Airport (SQA), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NW of 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.
• 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.
• Airline flights began in 1932 on Pacific Seaboard Airlines.