Nonstop flight route between Ratanakiri, Cambodia and Santa Ana, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ratanakiri Airport (RBE), Ratanakiri, Cambodia and MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,035 miles (or 12,930 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 Ratanakiri 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 Ratanakiri Airport and MCAS El Toro. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RBE / VDRK |
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| Location: | Ratanakiri, Cambodia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°43'54"N by 106°59'0"E |
| Area Served: | Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from RBE |
| More Information: | RBE Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Ratanakiri Airport (RBE):
- Ratanakiri Airport (RBE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Ratanakiri Airport (RBE) is Andahuaylas Airport (ANS), which is nearly antipodal to Ratanakiri Airport (meaning Ratanakiri Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Andahuaylas Airport), and is located 12,414 miles (19,979 kilometers) away in Andahuaylas, Peru.
- The closest airport to Ratanakiri Airport (RBE) is Buon Ma Thuot Airport (BMV), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) SE of RBE.
- In addition to being known as "Ratanakiri Airport", another name for RBE is "Ratanakiri Airport".
Facts about MCAS El Toro (NZJ):
- The site is currently used as a filming location, including the test track for the United States version of BBC's Top Gear franchise.
- 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.
- Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the 4,682 acres home of Marine Corps aviation on the West Coast.
- This faction lobbied strongly in favor of other uses for the property.
- 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 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.
