Nonstop flight route between Kaunas, Lithuania and Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Kaunas, Lithuania and Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,519 miles (or 8,882 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 Kaunas International Airport and Santa Fe Municipal 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 Kaunas International Airport and Santa Fe Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUN / EYKA |
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Location: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°57'50"N by 24°5'4"E |
Area Served: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Transport and Communications |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 256 feet (78 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUN |
More Information: | KUN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SAF / KSAF |
Airport Name: | Santa Fe Municipal Airport |
Location: | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°37'1"N by 106°5'21"W |
Area Served: | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | City of Santa Fe |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6348 feet (1,935 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from SAF |
More Information: | SAF Maps & Info |
Facts about Kaunas International Airport (KUN):
- The closest airport to Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KUN.
- The only international link to the airport is provided by Latvian operator Flybus, which runs the schedule to both Riga city centre and Riga International Airport.
- Ryanair, is the main passenger carrier at the airport, which gradually expanded its network there since 2005, when the airline first time landed at the airport.
- The furthest airport from Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,242 miles (18,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- During high season in aviation business, from April to October 2013, Kaunas airport handled over 544 thousands passengers, 5% less than in the same period of 2012.
- At the beginning of 2013 Ryanair has invested more than 3 million Euro in a new aircraft maintenance and repair hangar in Kaunas, which currently employs 50 people.
- Kaunas International Airport (KUN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Almost a quarter of all passenger flow at the airport are travellers from the neighbouring countries Latvia, Belarus and Poland.
- In addition to being known as "Kaunas International Airport", another name for KUN is "Kauno Oro uostas".
- The ground level is designated arrival area and fully complies with Schengen regulations.
- Because of Kaunas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaunas 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.
Facts about Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF):
- Because of Santa Fe Municipal Airport's high elevation of 6,348 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SAF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SAF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,167 miles (17,972 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport had seen an increase in airline flights in recent years, with 43,329 passenger boardings in calendar year 2011 and 47,847 in 2012.
- After initially extending the deadline for closure to June 15, 2013, on May 10 the FAA announced that all federal contract towers previously threatened with closure in 2013 would remain open through September 30, the end of the 2013 fiscal year, using previously unallocated funds in the agency's general budget.
- The closest airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Los Alamos Airport (LAM), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of SAF.
- Later, several commuter airlines flew nonstop to Denver, including Mesa Airlines and Great Lakes Airlines with Beechcraft 1900Cs, and Pioneer Airlines with Beechcraft C99s.
- As of August 2011, the city of Santa Fe was in discussions with Great Lakes Airlines concerning the possible resumption of turboprop passenger service to Denver.
- Santa Fe Municipal Airport is a city owned, public airport ten miles southwest of Santa Fe, a city in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.