Nonstop flight route between Kraków / Balice, Poland and José de San Martín, Chubut, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK), Kraków / Balice, Poland and Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (JSM), José de San Martín, Chubut, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,066 miles (or 11,372 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 John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice and Libertador General José de San Martín 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 John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice and Libertador General José de San Martín Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK):

• Public buses link the airport during the day and during the night with the main railway station in Kraków and the central bus station.
• The airport opened for civil aviation in 1964.
• The closest airport to John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) is Katowice International Airport (KTW), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) NW of KRK.
• In addition to being known as "John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice", another name for KRK is "Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy im. Jana Pawła II Kraków–Balice".
• John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice is an international airport located near Kraków, in the village of Balice, 11 km west of the city centre, in southern Poland.
• On 12 December 2012, Irish low cost carrier Ryanair announced they would be opening their second Polish base in Kraków basing two Boeing 737–800 aircraft at the airport from 31 March 2013, which allows the carrier to increase the number of the routes from Kraków to 31.
• As of September 2013, a new hotel is being built in the nearest area of the airport terminal.
• John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,559 miles (18,603 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice's relatively low elevation of 791 feet, planes can take off or land at John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice 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.

Facts about Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (JSM):

• Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (JSM) currently has only 1 runway.
• On June 12, 1988, Austral Lineas Aereas Flight 46 undershot the runway, resulting in 22 deaths.
• The furthest airport from Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (JSM) is Taizhou Luqiao Airport (HYN), which is nearly antipodal to Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (meaning Libertador General José de San Martín Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Taizhou Luqiao Airport), and is located 12,258 miles (19,728 kilometers) away in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
• In addition to being known as "Libertador General José de San Martín Airport", other names for JSM include "Aeropuerto de Posadas "Libertador General San Martín"", "PSS", "SARP" and "PSS".
• The closest airport to Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (JSM) is Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (PSS), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of JSM.
• Because of Libertador General José de San Martín Airport's relatively low elevation of 430 feet, planes can take off or land at Libertador General José de San Martín 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.