Nonstop flight route between Los Angeles, California, United States and Saba, Caribbean Netherlands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California, United States and Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB), Saba, Caribbean Netherlands would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,568 miles (or 5,742 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 Los Angeles International Airport and Juancho E. Yrausquin 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 Los Angeles International Airport and Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAX / KLAX |
| Airport Name: | Los Angeles International Airport |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°56'33"N by 118°24'29"W |
| Area Served: | Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Los Angeles |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 126 feet (38 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LAX |
| More Information: | LAX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SAB / TNCS |
| Airport Name: | Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport |
| Location: | Saba, Caribbean Netherlands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°38'44"N by 63°13'14"W |
| Area Served: | Saba |
| Operator/Owner: | Winair |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SAB |
| More Information: | SAB Maps & Info |
Facts about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX):
- On April 29, 1992, the airport closed for violence and cleanup after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots over the Rodney King beating.
- In 2000, before Los Angeles hosted the Democratic National Convention, fifteen glass pylons up to ten stories high were placed in a circle around the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Century Boulevard, with more pylons of decreasing height following Century Boulevard eastward, evoking a sense of departure and arrival.
- The closest airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) ESE of LAX.
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has 4 runways.
- In the new terminal area west of Sepulveda Blvd that started opening in 1961, each terminal had a satellite building out in the middle of the tarmac, reached by underground tunnels from the ticketing area.
- Los Angeles International Airport handled 66,667,619 passengers last year.
- In addition to these terminals, there are 2,000,000 square feet of cargo facilities at LAX, and a heliport operated by Bravo Aviation.
- Because of Los Angeles International Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Los Angeles 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 furthest airport from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,487 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- It is illegal to limit the number of passengers that use an airport, but in December 2005 the city agreed to limit the passenger gates to 163.
- On July 10, 1956, Boeing's 707 prototype visited LAX.
- In 1928, the Los Angeles City Council selected 640 acres in the southern part of Westchester for a new airport for the city.
Facts about Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB):
- The furthest airport from Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB) is Karratha Airport (KTA), which is nearly antipodal to Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (meaning Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Karratha Airport), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Karratha / Dampier, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Juancho E. Yrausquin 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 airport has the shortest commercial runway in the world, only 400 meters long, flanked on one side by high hills, with cliffs that drop into the sea at both ends.
- Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB) is F.D. Roosevelt Airport (EUX), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) ESE of SAB.
- Jet aircraft are unable to land at the airport, because the runway is too short.
