Nonstop flight route between Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States and San Jose, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fitiuta Airport (FTI), Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,711 miles (or 7,582 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 Fitiuta 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 Fitiuta 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!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FTI / NSFQ |
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Location: | Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°12'57"S by 169°25'24"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of American Samoa |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 110 feet (34 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FTI |
More Information: | FTI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SJC / KSJC |
Airport Name: | Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport |
Location: | San Jose, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°21'46"N by 121°55'45"W |
Area Served: | San Jose, California |
Operator/Owner: | City of San Jose |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 62 feet (19 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from SJC |
More Information: | SJC Maps & Info |
Facts about Fitiuta Airport (FTI):
- Fitiuta Airport is a public airport located in Fiti‘uta, a village on the island of Ta‘ū in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
- The furthest airport from Fitiuta Airport (FTI) is Zinder Airport (ZND), which is nearly antipodal to Fitiuta Airport (meaning Fitiuta Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zinder Airport), and is located 12,326 miles (19,836 kilometers) away in Zinder, Niger.
- Fitiuta Airport (FTI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Fitiuta Airport (FTI) is Tau Airport (TAV), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) W of FTI.
- Because of Fitiuta Airport's relatively low elevation of 110 feet, planes can take off or land at Fitiuta 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.
- In addition to being known as "Fitiuta Airport", another name for FTI is "FAQ".
- Inter Island Airways is the only air carrier operating flights to Fitiuta Airport from Pago Pago International Airport.
Facts about Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC):
- 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.
- 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 handled 8,357,384 passengers last year.
- Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) has 3 runways.
- American Airlines opened a hub at San Jose in 1988, using slots it obtained in the buyout of Air California in 1986.
- After the September 11 attacks and the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, the city lost several flights.
- 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.
- There are two terminals at the airport, Terminal A, opened in 1990, and Terminal B, opened in 2010.
- In October 2005, Hawaiian Airlines began daily nonstops to Honolulu.
- In August 2010, Mexicana Airlines also suspended all flights permanently due to bankruptcy.
- The runway that became 12R/30L was 4,500 feet until about 1962—Brokaw Rd was the northwest boundary of the airport.