Nonstop flight route between Santa Ana, California, United States and Pucallpa, Peru:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States and FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), Pucallpa, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,054 miles (or 6,525 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 MCAS El Toro and FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo 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 MCAS El Toro and FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo 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 MCAS El Toro (NZJ):

• In 1950, El Toro was selected as a permanent Master Jet Station for the Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific.
• The battle between pro-airport and anti-airport groups dominated Orange County politics for much of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
• MCAS El Toro (NZJ) has 5 runways.
• Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located near Irvine, California.
• Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the 4,682 acres home of Marine Corps aviation on the West Coast.
• The Department of the Navy hired the General Services Administration and Los Angeles-based Colliers International to assist in the sale of MCAS El Toro.
• The furthest airport from MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,486 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Because of MCAS El Toro's relatively low elevation of 383 feet, planes can take off or land at MCAS El Toro 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.
• Those against the airport proposal were largely residents of the cities in the immediate vicinity of El Toro, such as Irvine, Lake Forest, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Dana Point, and Mission Viejo, where residents were alarmed at the idea of the aircraft noise.
• The closest airport to MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is John Wayne Airport (SNA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of NZJ.
• The closing of MCAS El Toro ignited a political firestorm over the eventual fate of the facility.

Facts about FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL):

• The furthest airport from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL) is Cà Mau Airport (CAH), which is nearly antipodal to FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (meaning FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cà Mau Airport), and is located 12,379 miles (19,922 kilometers) away in Cà Mau Province, Vietnam.
• Because of FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 513 feet, planes can take off or land at FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo 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 closest airport to FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL) is Tingo María Airport (TGI), which is located 116 miles (187 kilometers) WSW of PCL.
• FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport", another name for PCL is "Aeropuerto Internacional Capitán FAP David Abenzur Rengifo".