Nonstop flight route between Hami City, Xinjiang, China and Santa Monica, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hami Airport (HMI), Hami City, Xinjiang, China and Santa Monica Airport (SMO), Santa Monica, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,752 miles (or 10,866 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 Hami 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 Hami Airport and Santa Monica Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HMI / ZWHM | 
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| Location: | Hami City, Xinjiang, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 42°50'33"N by 93°40'9"E | 
| Airport Type: | Military/Public | 
| Elevation: | 2703 feet (824 meters) | 
| View all routes: | Routes from HMI | 
| More Information: | HMI Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMO / KSMO | 
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| Location: | Santa Monica, California, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°0'56"N by 118°27'5"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Santa Monica | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 177 feet (54 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SMO | 
| More Information: | SMO Maps & Info | 
Facts about Hami Airport (HMI):
- In addition to being known as "Hami Airport", other names for HMI include "哈密机场" and "Hāmì Jīchǎng".
 - The furthest airport from Hami Airport (HMI) is Gamboa Airport (WCA), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Castro, Chile.
 - The closest airport to Hami Airport (HMI) is Dunhuang Airport (DNH), which is located 194 miles (313 kilometers) SSE of HMI.
 
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.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - Airport Park opened as an 8.3-acre public park on non-aviation lands at the southeast corner of the Airport.
 - Maximum Noise Level – A maximum noise level of 95.0 dBA Single Event Noise Exposure Level, measured at noise monitor sites 1,500 feet from each end of the runway, is enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
 - In addition to being known as "Santa Monica Airport", other names for SMO include "Santa Monica Municipal Airport" and "Clover Field".
 - 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.
 
