Nonstop flight route between Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Santa Ana, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mostar International Airport (OMO), Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,426 miles (or 10,342 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 Mostar International Airport and MCAS El Toro, 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 Mostar International Airport and MCAS El Toro. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mostar International Airport (OMO):

• The furthest airport from Mostar International Airport (OMO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,720 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Mostar Airport was opened for civilian air traffic in 1965 for domestic flights.
• In addition to being known as "Mostar International Airport", other names for OMO include "Međunarodni aerodrom Mostar Међународни аеродром Мостар" and "Međunarodna zračna luka Mostar".
• Because of Mostar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 156 feet, planes can take off or land at Mostar 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.
• Mistral Air operate most of the flights to and from Mostar International Airport, followed by Meridiana and Livingston.
• The closest airport to Mostar International Airport (OMO) is Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) NNE of OMO.
• Mostar International Airport (OMO) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about MCAS El Toro (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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is John Wayne Airport (SNA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of NZJ.
• 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.
• 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.
• The base headquarters was established on November 4, 1942 and the first landing occurred in late November when a Major Micheal Carmichael, flying from Camp Kearny, was forced to make an emergency landing among the construction equipment.
• 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.