Nonstop flight route between Le Bourget (near Paris), France and Santa Barbara, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG), Le Bourget (near Paris), France and Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,673 miles (or 9,130 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 Paris–Le Bourget Airport and Santa Barbara 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 Paris–Le Bourget Airport and Santa Barbara Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG):

• Because of Paris–Le Bourget Airport's relatively low elevation of 220 feet, planes can take off or land at Paris–Le Bourget 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.
• In addition to being known as "Paris–Le Bourget Airport", other names for LBG include "Paris - Le Bourget Airport", "Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget" and "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-54".
• The furthest airport from Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Paris–Le Bourget Airport (meaning Paris–Le Bourget Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,076 miles (19,435 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG) is Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) ENE of LBG.
• Le Bourget Airport hosts the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, and, in odd-numbered years, the Paris Air Show.
• In 1977, Le Bourget was closed to international traffic and in 1980 to regional traffic, leaving only business aviation.
• Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG) has 3 runways.
• The airport hosts a statue commemorating Frenchwoman Raymonde de Laroche who was the first woman to earn a pilot's licence.

Facts about Santa Barbara Airport (SBA):

• In addition to regularly scheduled flights offered by other airlines, Surf Air operates service to Burbank and San Carlos in California using seven seat Pilatus PC-12 turboprops via a membership only, pay-as-you-fly program.
• The Spanish-style terminal building, commissioned by United Airlines in 1942 was designed by William Edwards and Joseph Plunkett, an architectural team whose work, including the Arlington Theatre and the National Armory, helped shape the Mediterranean style of the city.
• The furthest airport from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The United Airlines system timetable dated February 1, 1937 listed daily round trip service flown with a Douglas DC-3 twin prop aircraft on a routing of Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-San Francisco-Oakland.
• Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
• Because of Santa Barbara Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Barbara 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.
• Until 2002 Santa Barbara Airport was on a mainline jet aircraft route between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
• The closest airport to Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Santa Ynez Airport (SQA), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NW of SBA.