Nonstop flight route between Saba, Caribbean Netherlands and Colón, Panama:
Departure Airport:
(17°38'44"N by 63°13'14"W)
Arrival Airport:
(9°21'24"N by 79°52'3"W)
Distance from SAB to ONX:
1,255.30 miles (2,020.21 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB), Saba, Caribbean Netherlands and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX), Colón, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,255 miles (or 2,020 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 Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SAB / TNCS |
| Airport Name: | Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport |
| Location: | Saba, Caribbean Netherlands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°38'44"N by 63°13'14"W |
| Area Served: | Saba |
| Operator/Owner: | Winair |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SAB |
| More Information: | SAB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ONX / MPEJ |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Colón, Panama |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°21'24"N by 79°52'3"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ONX |
| More Information: | ONX Maps & Info |
Facts about Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB):
- Average flights to Sint Maarten last within a quarter of an hour.
- The airport has the shortest commercial runway in the world, only 400 meters long, flanked on one side by high hills, with cliffs that drop into the sea at both ends.
- Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Although the airport is closed to jet traffic, regional airline propeller aircraft are able to land there under waivers from The Netherlands Antilles' Civil Aviation Authority.
- The closest airport to Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB) is F.D. Roosevelt Airport (EUX), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) ESE of SAB.
- Because of Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Juancho E. Yrausquin 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 only airline currently serving Yrausquin Airport is locally owned Winair, which operates daily flights to Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius aboard a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.
- The furthest airport from Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB) is Karratha Airport (KTA), which is nearly antipodal to Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (meaning Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Karratha Airport), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Karratha / Dampier, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX):
- Because of Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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.
- What would become Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport has its origins before World War I, when on Sunday, 27 April 1913, the Isthmus of Panama was first overflown from a beach near Balboa, on the Pacific side, to the shores near Cristobal on the Atlantic side by an airplane.
- With the end of World War II France Airfield was reduced in scope, with most units being moved to Albrook or Howard Fields.
- The closest airport to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SE of ONX.
- Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) currently has only 1 runway.
- With the end of the war in November 1918, the wartime forces of the United States were rapidly demobilized.
- In addition to being known as "Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport", another name for ONX is "Aeropuerto Enrique Adolfo Jiménez".
- The furthest airport from Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (meaning Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,139 miles (19,536 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- In 1994, this airport was the departure point for Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901, later downed by terrorists.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 18.93 miles (30.47 km) ESE | F.D. Roosevelt Airport (EUX) | Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands |     |
| 2 | 28.27 miles (45.50 km) NNE | Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) | Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
| 3 | 30.56 miles (49.19 km) NE | Gustaf III Airport Saint Barthélemy Airport St. Jean Airport (SBH) | Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Barthélemy | |
| 4 | 33.40 miles (53.76 km) NNE | L'Espérance Airport Grand Case Airport (CCE) | Saint Martin, Guadeloupe | |
| 5 | 40.14 miles (64.60 km) NNE | Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA) | The Valley, Anguilla | |
| 6 | 40.34 miles (64.92 km) SE | Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport (SKB) | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| 7 | 51.50 miles (82.88 km) SE | Vance W. Amory International Airport (NEV) | Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| 8 | 89.88 miles (144.65 km) SE | John A. Osborne Airport (MNI) | Montserrat, British Overseas Territories, United Kingdom | |
| 9 | 91.76 miles (147.68 km) E | Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ) | Codrington, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda | |
| 10 | 96.68 miles (155.60 km) NW | Virgin Gorda Airport (VIJ) | Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands | |
| 11 | 97.96 miles (157.66 km) W | Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base (SSB) | Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands | |
| 12 | 100.47 miles (161.70 km) ESE | V. C. Bird International Airport (ANU) | St. John's, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda | |
| 13 | 102.97 miles (165.72 km) WNW | Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (EIS) | Beef Island (near Tortola), British Virgin Islands | |
| 14 | 104.17 miles (167.64 km) W | Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport (STX) | Christiansted, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands | |
| 15 | 122.77 miles (197.58 km) WNW | Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base (SPB) | Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,224.91 miles (19,674.04 km) S | Karratha Airport (KTA) | Karratha / Dampier, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 2 | 12,212.77 miles (19,654.49 km) SSW | Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) | Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 3 | 12,196.92 miles (19,628.98 km) SSE | Barrow Island Airport (BWB) | Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 4 | 12,143.16 miles (19,542.48 km) SSW | Coolawanyah Station Airport (COY) | Coolawanyah Station, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 5 | 12,111.97 miles (19,492.28 km) S | Solomon Airport (SLJ) | Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 6 | 12,077.77 miles (19,437.23 km) W | Broome International Airport (BME) | Broome, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 7 | 12,077.38 miles (19,436.61 km) S | Tom Price Airport (TPR) | Tom Price, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 8 | 12,074.71 miles (19,432.31 km) SSE | RAAF Learmonth (LEA) | Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 9 | 12,056.48 miles (19,402.97 km) SSW | Barimunya Airport (BYP) | Barimunya, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 10 | 12,049.91 miles (19,392.41 km) S | Paraburdoo Airport (PBO) | Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 11 | 12,046.50 miles (19,386.92 km) SSW | Coondewanna Airport (CJF) | Coondewanna, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 12 | 11,992.64 miles (19,300.23 km) SSW | Newman Airport (ZNE) | Newman, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 13 | 11,983.01 miles (19,284.74 km) W | Derby Airport (DRB) | Derby, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 14 | 11,898.43 miles (19,148.62 km) SSE | Carnarvon Airport (CVQ) | Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 15 | 11,858.49 miles (19,084.34 km) W | Fitzroy Crossing Airport (FIZ) | Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, Australia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 33.97 miles (54.68 km) SE | Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC) | Panama City, Panama | |
| 2 | 38.44 miles (61.86 km) ESE | Tocumen International Airport (PTY) | Panama City, Panama | |
| 3 | 70.06 miles (112.75 km) SSW | Río Hato / Scarlett Martinez Airport (RIH) | Cocle, Panama | |
| 4 | 75.91 miles (122.17 km) SE | Contadora Airport (OTD) | Contadora Island, Panama | |
| 5 | 111.37 miles (179.23 km) E | Playón Chico Airport (PYC) | Ukupseni, Guna Yala, Panama | |
| 6 | 114.59 miles (184.41 km) SW | Ruben Cantu Airport (SYP) | Santiago de Veraguas, Panama | |
| 7 | 126.76 miles (203.99 km) E | Achutupo Airport (ACU) | Achutupo, Panama | |
| 8 | 135.89 miles (218.70 km) SE | Garachiné Airport (GHE) | Garachiné, Panama | |
| 9 | 148.35 miles (238.74 km) E | Mulatupo Airport (MPP) | Mulatupo, Panamá | |
| 10 | 162.49 miles (261.50 km) W | Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC) | Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Panama | |
| 11 | 182.89 miles (294.33 km) W | Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (CHX) | Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, Panama | |
| 12 | 184.60 miles (297.09 km) ESE | Alcides Fernández Airport (ACD) | Acandí, Colombia | |
| 13 | 187.54 miles (301.81 km) WSW | Enrique Malek International Airport (DAV) | David, Chiriquí Province, Panama | |
| 14 | 217.89 miles (350.66 km) WSW | Coto 47 Airport (OTR) | Coto 47, Costa Rica | |
| 15 | 218.84 miles (352.18 km) W | Limón International Airport (LIO) | Puerto Limón, Costa Rica | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,139.30 miles (19,536.26 km) SE | Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK) | Cocos Islands, Australia | |
| 2 | 12,051.05 miles (19,394.24 km) WSW | Christmas Island Airport (XCH) | Christmas Island, Australia | |
| 3 | 12,028.14 miles (19,357.37 km) SSW | Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS) | Bengkulu, Indonesia | |
| 4 | 11,989.18 miles (19,294.67 km) SW | Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) | Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 5 | 11,957.68 miles (19,243.97 km) SW | Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ) | Astraksetra, Indonesia | |
| 6 | 11,937.56 miles (19,211.59 km) WSW | Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK) | Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| 7 | 11,934.56 miles (19,206.76 km) S | Rokot Airport (RKI) | Sipura, Indonesia | |
| 8 | 11,927.32 miles (19,195.11 km) WSW | Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP) | Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| 9 | 11,926.55 miles (19,193.87 km) S | Depati Parbo Airport (KRC) | Kerinci, Indonesia | |
| 10 | 11,900.15 miles (19,151.39 km) WSW | Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO) | Bandung, Indonesia | |
| 11 | 11,891.50 miles (19,137.47 km) SW | Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM) | Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 12 | 11,865.06 miles (19,094.92 km) WSW | Cibeureum Airfield (TSY) | Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia | |
| 13 | 11,851.42 miles (19,072.97 km) SSW | Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) | Jambi, Indonesia | |
| 14 | 11,844.58 miles (19,061.96 km) S | Minangkabau International Airport (MIA) (PDG) | Ketaping, West Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 15 | 11,834.30 miles (19,045.41 km) WSW | Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN) | Cirebon, Java, Indonesia | |