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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Opa-locka Executive Airport (OPF), Miami, Florida, United States and San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,578 miles (or 4,149 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 Opa-locka Executive Airport and San Francisco 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 Opa-locka Executive Airport and San Francisco International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | OPF / KOPF |
| Airport Name: | Opa-locka Executive Airport |
| Location: | Miami, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 25°54'26"N by 80°16'41"W |
| Area Served: | Miami, Florida |
| Operator/Owner: | Miami-Dade County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 8 feet (2 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from OPF |
| More Information: | OPF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SFO / KSFO |
| Airport Name: | San Francisco International Airport |
| Location: | San Francisco, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°37'8"N by 122°22'30"W |
| Area Served: | San Francisco |
| Operator/Owner: | City & County of San Francisco |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SFO |
| More Information: | SFO Maps & Info |
Facts about Opa-locka Executive Airport (OPF):
- The closest airport to Opa-locka Executive Airport (OPF) is North Perry Airport (HWO), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NNE of OPF.
- Some of the 9/11 hijackers trained at the airport.
- Because of Opa-locka Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Opa-locka Executive 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.
- DayJet provided on-demand jet air taxi service to 44 airports in 5 states.
- The furthest airport from Opa-locka Executive Airport (OPF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,576 miles (18,630 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Opa-locka Executive Airport (OPF) has 3 runways.
- The military activity is Coast Guard Air Station Miami, operating from federal property not deeded to the county and operating the HC-144 Ocean Sentry turboprops and MH-65 Dolphin helicopters for coastal patrol and air-sea rescue.
- In late 1925 he moved the Florida Aviation Camp from Hialeah to a parcel west of Opa-locka.
- In 1962 the remainder of the former Naval Air Station Miami property, except for a portion reserved for the United States Coast Guard, was transferred to Dade County, and became Opa-locka Airport.
Facts about San Francisco International Airport (SFO):
- A long-planned extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system to the airport opened on June 22, 2003, allowing passengers to board BART trains at the international terminal to San Francisco or the East Bay.
- United Airlines used Mills Field as well as the Oakland Municipal Airport starting in the 1930s.
- The closest airport to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is Half Moon Bay AirportHalf Moon Bay Flight Strip (HAF), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) SW of SFO.
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has 4 runways.
- AirTrain is the airport's people-mover system.
- The airport has four terminals and seven concourses arranged in a ring.
- San Francisco International Airport handled 44,477,209 passengers last year.
- Because of San Francisco International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at San Francisco 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.
- SFO experiences delays in overcast weather when only two of the airport's four runways can be used at a time because the centerlines of the parallel runways are only 750 feet apart.
- The furthest airport from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- SFO was also one of the first U.S.
