Nonstop flight route between Pristina, Kosovo and Santa Maria, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN), Pristina, Kosovo and Santa Maria Airport (SMA), Santa Maria, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,453 miles (or 3,948 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 relatively short distance between Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" and Santa Maria Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN):

• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" is located 18 km south west of Pristina and 3 km south of Slatina and no farther than 80 km from the other cities.
• The apron and the passenger terminal were renovated and expanded in 2002 and again in 2009.
• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" handled 1,628,678 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,553 miles (18,593 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari"", other names for PRN include "Pristina International Airport", "Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës "Adem Jashari"" and "Međunarodni Aerodrom Priština Adem Jašari".
• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 12 November 2008, Pristina International Airport received for the first time in its history the annual one-millionth passenger.
• The closest airport to Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) is Skopje Airport (SKP), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SE of PRN.
• Prishtina International Airport "Adem Jashari" Limak Kosovo has extensive parking for more than 1,750 vehicles.
• The airport was privatised in May 2010 with Limak Holding-Aeroport de Lyon awarded a 20-year contract to operate the airport.

Facts about Santa Maria Airport (SMA):

• Transportes Aéreos Portugueses began lay-over flights to this airport on 7 December 1962, eventually inaugurating trans-Atlantic service between Santa Maria-New York and Santa Maria-Montreal.
• Santa Maria Airport handled 93,436 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Santa Maria Airport (SMA) is João Paulo II Airport (PDL), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) NNW of SMA.
• It was built in the context of the Second World War, by US troops in order to maintain supply lines to Europe, and inaugurated on 26 July 1945.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Maria Airport", another name for SMA is "Aeroporto de Santa Maria".
• Because of Santa Maria Airport's relatively low elevation of 308 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Maria 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 furthest airport from Santa Maria Airport (SMA) is Moruya Airport (MYA), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Maria Airport (meaning Santa Maria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Moruya Airport), and is located 12,166 miles (19,579 kilometers) away in Moruya, New South Wales, Australia.
• Santa Maria Airport (SMA) currently has only 1 runway.