Nonstop flight route between Burley, Idaho, United States and Santa Barbara, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Burley Municipal Airport (BYI), Burley, Idaho, United States and Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 649 miles (or 1,045 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 relatively short distance between Burley Municipal Airport and Santa Barbara Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BYI / KBYI |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Burley, Idaho, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 42°32'32"N by 113°46'18"W |
| Area Served: | Burley, Idaho |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Burley |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4150 feet (1,265 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BYI |
| More Information: | BYI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBA / KSBA |
| Airport Name: | Santa Barbara Airport |
| Location: | Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°25'33"N by 119°50'25"W |
| Area Served: | Santa Barbara, California |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Santa Barbara |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SBA |
| More Information: | SBA Maps & Info |
Facts about Burley Municipal Airport (BYI):
- In addition to being known as "Burley Municipal Airport", another name for BYI is "Burley J R Jack Simplot Airport".
- Because of Burley Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,150 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BYI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BYI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Burley Municipal Airport (BYI) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Burley Municipal Airport (BYI) is Magic Valley Regional Airport (TWF), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) W of BYI.
- The furthest airport from Burley Municipal Airport (BYI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,854 miles (17,467 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Santa Barbara Airport (SBA):
- Santa Barbara's aviation history began in 1914 when Lincoln J.
- 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 Spanish-style terminal building, commissioned by United Airlines in 1942 was designed by William Edwards and Joseph Plunkett, an architectural team whose work, including the Arlington Theatre and the National Armory, helped shape the Mediterranean style of the city.
- In the 1951 war film Flying Leathernecks, John Wayne's character was stationed in Goleta.
- As airplane manufacturing grew in the late 1930s that airstrip developed into an airfield.
- 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.
- Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
- 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.
- With the outbreak of WWII the airport became MCAS Santa Barbara in 1942, an aviator training base for the U.S Marines.
- Santa Barbara Municipal Airport is a public airport 7 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara, California, United States.
- On August 18, 2011 the airport opened a new 72,000 square foot terminal to add to the single story terminal built by United Airlines in 1942.
