Nonstop flight route between Jambi, Indonesia and Santa Monica, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB), Jambi, Indonesia and Santa Monica Airport (SMO), Santa Monica, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,921 miles (or 14,356 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 Sultan Thaha Airport and Santa Monica 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 Sultan Thaha Airport and Santa Monica Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB):

• Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sultan Thaha Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Thaha 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.
• Departmental Agency of Civil Aviation in 1970 changed the nomenclature to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Airports Pallmerah Became Technical Implementation of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Jambi Province.
• On 12 December 2011 the grounbreaking of expansion terminal phase-1 has been done for capacity of 1.5 million passengers per year.
• The closest airport to Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) is Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM), which is located 114 miles (183 kilometers) SE of DJB.
• In addition to being known as "Sultan Thaha Airport", another name for DJB is "Bandar Udara Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin".
• The Sultan Thaha Airport will be the first World's Zoo Airport in 2015, integrated with the Taman Rimba Zoo which only 900 meters from the new terminal.
• Sultan Thaha Airport handled 1 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) is Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Thaha Airport (meaning Sultan Thaha Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Villa Garzón Airport), and is located 12,388 miles (19,937 kilometers) away in Villa Garzón, Colombia.

Facts about Santa Monica Airport (SMO):

• The closest airport to Santa Monica Airport (SMO) is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSE of SMO.
• Because of Santa Monica Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Monica 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.
• As the Santa Monica Airport is one of relatively few general aviation airports in the nation that is surrounded on all sides by dense residential development, the City of Santa Monica aggressively enforces one of the most stringent noise ordinances in the nation.
• Santa Monica Airport (SMO) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Monica Airport", other names for SMO include "Santa Monica Municipal Airport" and "Clover Field".
• The furthest airport from Santa Monica Airport (SMO) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,484 miles (18,481 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The airport has a control tower and, on average, handled 296 operations a day.
• The aviation aspects of aircraft operations at the Santa Monica Airport and use of the nation’s airspace is regulated by the federal government through the Federal Aviation Administration.