Nonstop flight route between Guanare, Venezuela and Santa Ana, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guanare Airport (GUQ), Guanare, Venezuela and MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,483 miles (or 5,606 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 Guanare 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 Guanare Airport and MCAS El Toro. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GUQ / SVGU |
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Location: | Guanare, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°1'40"N by 69°45'15"W |
Area Served: | Guanare, Venezuela |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GUQ |
More Information: | GUQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NZJ / KNZJ |
Airport Name: | MCAS El Toro |
Location: | Santa Ana, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°40'33"N by 117°43'51"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Marine Corps |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 383 feet (117 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from NZJ |
More Information: | NZJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Guanare Airport (GUQ):
- The closest airport to Guanare Airport (GUQ) is Barinas Airport (BNS), which is located 43 miles (68 kilometers) SW of GUQ.
- The furthest airport from Guanare Airport (GUQ) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to Guanare Airport (meaning Guanare Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- Guanare Airport (GUQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Guanare Airport", another name for GUQ is "Aeropuerto Nacional Virgen de Coromoto".
Facts about MCAS El Toro (NZJ):
- 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.
- 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.
- In 1950, El Toro was selected as a permanent Master Jet Station for the Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific.
- MCAS El Toro (NZJ) has 5 runways.
- The closing of MCAS El Toro ignited a political firestorm over the eventual fate of the facility.
- The land originally surrounding the base was mostly at agricultural use when it first opened, but it the late 1980s and early 1990s, residential development started to begin in the area.
- The closest airport to MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is John Wayne Airport (SNA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of NZJ.
- This faction lobbied strongly in favor of other uses for the property.
- 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.