Nonstop flight route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Botopasi, Suriname:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Botopasi Airstrip (BTO), Botopasi, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,880 miles (or 6,244 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 Santa Fe Municipal Airport and Botopasi Airstrip, 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 Santa Fe Municipal Airport and Botopasi Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SAF / KSAF |
| Airport Name: | Santa Fe Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°37'1"N by 106°5'21"W |
| Area Served: | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Santa Fe |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 6348 feet (1,935 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SAF |
| More Information: | SAF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BTO / |
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| Location: | Botopasi, Suriname |
| GPS Coordinates: | 4°13'1"N by 55°27'0"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Luchtvaartdienst Suriname |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| View all routes: | Routes from BTO |
| More Information: | BTO Maps & Info |
Facts about Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF):
- Because of Santa Fe Municipal Airport's high elevation of 6,348 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SAF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SAF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Santa Fe Municipal Airport is a city owned, public airport ten miles southwest of Santa Fe, a city in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
- The furthest airport from Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,167 miles (17,972 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Los Alamos Airport (LAM), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of SAF.
- Trans World Airlines had a flight a day each way until 1960.
- On February 28, 2011, it was announced that the third daily flight to Dallas-Fort Worth would return in April as planned, and that a fourth daily flight would begin in July 2011.
- Currently, American Eagle operates Embraer ERJ-140 and ERJ-145 regional jets on all of its nonstop flights between Santa Fe and Dallas/Ft.
Facts about Botopasi Airstrip (BTO):
- The closest airport to Botopasi Airstrip (BTO) is Laduani Airstrip (LDO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BTO.
- In addition to being known as "Botopasi Airstrip", another name for BTO is "SMBO".
- The furthest airport from Botopasi Airstrip (BTO) is Haluoleo Airport (WMA) (KDI), which is nearly antipodal to Botopasi Airstrip (meaning Botopasi Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Haluoleo Airport (WMA)), and is located 12,290 miles (19,778 kilometers) away in Kendari, Indonesia.
