Nonstop flight route between Bertoua, Cameroon and Santa Ana, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bertoua Airport (BTA), Bertoua, Cameroon and MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,315 miles (or 13,382 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 Bertoua Airport and MCAS El Toro, 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 Bertoua Airport and MCAS El Toro. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bertoua Airport (BTA):

• The closest airport to Bertoua Airport (BTA) is Batouri Airport (OUR), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) E of BTA.
• The furthest airport from Bertoua Airport (BTA) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Bertoua Airport (meaning Bertoua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,043 miles (19,381 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
• Bertoua Airport (BTA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bertoua Airport", another name for BTA is "Bertoua Airport (Bertoua)".

Facts about MCAS El Toro (NZJ):

• This faction lobbied strongly in favor of other uses for the property.
• Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the 4,682 acres home of Marine Corps aviation on the West Coast.
• The closest airport to MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is John Wayne Airport (SNA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of NZJ.
• Because of MCAS El Toro's relatively low elevation of 383 feet, planes can take off or land at MCAS El Toro 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 furthest airport from MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,486 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• MCAS El Toro (NZJ) has 5 runways.
• During the presidency of Richard M.
• In 1993, MCAS El Toro was designated for closing by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission and all of its activities were to be transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
• The Department of the Navy hired the General Services Administration and Los Angeles-based Colliers International to assist in the sale of MCAS El Toro.
• Those against the airport proposal were largely residents of the cities in the immediate vicinity of El Toro, such as Irvine, Lake Forest, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Dana Point, and Mission Viejo, where residents were alarmed at the idea of the aircraft noise.
• The land area originally taken by the air station is planned to be converted into a large recreational center, the Orange County Great Park.
• The base headquarters was established on November 4, 1942 and the first landing occurred in late November when a Major Micheal Carmichael, flying from Camp Kearny, was forced to make an emergency landing among the construction equipment.