Nonstop flight route between Linz, Austria and San Diego, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Linz Airport (LNZ), Linz, Austria and San Diego International Airport (SAN), San Diego, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,088 miles (or 9,798 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 Linz Airport and San Diego International 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 Linz Airport and San Diego International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Linz Airport (LNZ):

• Because of Linz Airport's relatively low elevation of 977 feet, planes can take off or land at Linz 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.
• Linz Airport is relatively small, with 11 gates.
• The closest airport to Linz Airport (LNZ) is Salzburg Airport (SZG), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) WSW of LNZ.
• Linz Airport (LNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bus line 601 connects the airport within 20 minutes with the city centre of Linz.
• The furthest airport from Linz Airport (LNZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,842 miles (19,058 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport can be reached via federal highways B139 and B1.
• In addition to being known as "Linz Airport", another name for LNZ is "Blue Danube Airport Linz".

Facts about San Diego International Airport (SAN):

• San Diego International Airport's expansion program, dubbed "The Green Build", is expected to help the airport meet current and future travel demands.
• Inspired by Lindbergh's flight and excited to have made his plane, the city of San Diego passed a bond issue in 1928 for the construction of a two-runway municipal airport.
• Because of San Diego International Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at San Diego 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.
• In addition to being known as "San Diego International Airport", another name for SAN is "Lindbergh Field".
• Terrain east and west of the airport greatly impacts the available runway length.
• Runway 27, is a localizer-only approach and is unusable for landing when visibility drops below about 2 miles.
• The furthest airport from San Diego International Airport (SAN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,540 miles (18,571 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• San Diego International is the busiest single-runway commercial airport in the United States, and the second-busiest single-use runway in the world after London Gatwick with about 550 departures and arrivals carrying 50,000 passengers each day, and a total of 17,250,269 passengers in 2012.
• The airport is near the site of the Ryan Airlines factory, but it is not the same as Dutch Flats, the Ryan airstrip where Charles Lindbergh flight tested the Spirit of St.
• Convair had aircraft manufacturing plants near the field and used it for test and delivery flights from 1935 to 1995.
• The closest airport to San Diego International Airport (SAN) is NAS North Island (NZY), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of SAN.
• San Diego International Airport (SAN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In May 2008, California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced an agreement with San Diego International Airport on reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with the airport's proposed master plan improvements.
• Built and operated by the City of San Diego through the sale of municipal bonds to be repaid by airport users, then the San Diego Unified Port District, the airport is now operated by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.