Nonstop flight route between Santa Ana, California, United States and Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States and Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT), Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,655 miles (or 7,492 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 Porto de Trombetas 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 Porto de Trombetas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NZJ / KNZJ |
Airport Name: | MCAS El Toro |
Location: | Santa Ana, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°40'33"N by 117°43'51"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Marine Corps |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 383 feet (117 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from NZJ |
More Information: | NZJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TMT / SBTB |
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Location: | Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°29'3"S by 56°23'57"W |
Area Served: | Porto Trombetas (Oriximiná) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 285 feet (87 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TMT |
More Information: | TMT Maps & Info |
Facts about MCAS El Toro (NZJ):
- Over the years, the VOCs had seeped into the groundwater, resulting in a plume of contaminated groundwater extending for three miles to the west of the station.
- In 1950, El Toro was selected as a permanent Master Jet Station for the Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific.
- MCAS El Toro (NZJ) has 5 runways.
- Already the largest Marine air station on the West Coast, in 1944, funds were approved to double its size and operations.
- 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.
- Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the 4,682 acres home of Marine Corps aviation on the West Coast.
- The land originally surrounding the base was mostly at agricultural use when it first opened, but it the late 1980s and early 1990s, residential development started to begin in the area.
- 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 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.
- Before the site could be developed for civilian use, the Department of the Navy was required to perform environmental remediation to clean up contaminated soil on the site.
Facts about Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT):
- The closest airport to Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) is Júlio Belém Airport (PIN), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) SSW of TMT.
- The furthest airport from Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) is Jalaluddin Airport (GTO), which is nearly antipodal to Porto de Trombetas Airport (meaning Porto de Trombetas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jalaluddin Airport), and is located 12,359 miles (19,889 kilometers) away in Gorontalo, Indonesia.
- Because of Porto de Trombetas Airport's relatively low elevation of 285 feet, planes can take off or land at Porto de Trombetas 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.
- Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Porto de Trombetas Airport", another name for TMT is "Aeroporto de Porto Trombetas".