Nonstop flight route between Rukumkot, Nepal and San Jose, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport (RUK), Rukumkot, Nepal and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,617 miles (or 12,258 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 Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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 Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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: | RUK / VNRK | 
| Airport Name: | Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport | 
| Location: | Rukumkot, Nepal | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 28°37'37"N by 82°11'39"E | 
| Area Served: | Rukumkot, Nepal | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2500 feet (762 meters) | 
| View all routes: | Routes from RUK | 
| More Information: | RUK Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SJC / KSJC | 
| Airport Name: | Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport | 
| Location: | San Jose, California, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°21'46"N by 121°55'45"W | 
| Area Served: | San Jose, California | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of San Jose | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 62 feet (19 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 3 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SJC | 
| More Information: | SJC Maps & Info | 
Facts about Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport (RUK):
- The closest airport to Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport (RUK) is Jumla Airport (JUM), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) N of RUK.
- The furthest airport from Chaurjahari Rukumkot Airport (RUK) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,721 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
Facts about Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC):
- After the September 11 attacks and the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, the city lost several flights.
- The closest airport to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (RHV), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of SJC.
- The furthest airport from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,363 miles (18,287 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) has 3 runways.
- Because of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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.
- The first honey bees in California were brought to Santa Clara County.
- In October 2005, Hawaiian Airlines began daily nonstops to Honolulu.
- Despite San Jose being the largest city in the Bay Area, SJC is the smallest of the three Bay Area airline airports, with less than a quarter of the passengers of San Francisco International Airport and fewer passengers than Oakland International Airport.
- In August 2004 the city broke ground on the North Concourse, the first phase in a three-phase, nine-year expansion plan.
- Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport handled 8,357,384 passengers last year.




