Nonstop flight route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Greenville, South Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Donaldson Center Airport (GDC), Greenville, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,337 miles (or 2,152 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 Santa Fe Municipal Airport and Donaldson Center Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | GDC / KGYH |
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Location: | Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°45'29"N by 82°22'35"W |
Area Served: | Greenville, South Carolina |
Operator/Owner: | Greenville City/County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 955 feet (291 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GDC |
More Information: | GDC Maps & Info |
Facts about Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF):
- Santa Fe Municipal Airport covers 2,128 acres at an elevation of 6,348 feet above mean sea level.
- 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.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Los Alamos Airport (LAM), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of SAF.
- Later, several commuter airlines flew nonstop to Denver, including Mesa Airlines and Great Lakes Airlines with Beechcraft 1900Cs, and Pioneer Airlines with Beechcraft C99s.
- The airport had seen an increase in airline flights in recent years, with 43,329 passenger boardings in calendar year 2011 and 47,847 in 2012.
- After initially extending the deadline for closure to June 15, 2013, on May 10 the FAA announced that all federal contract towers previously threatened with closure in 2013 would remain open through September 30, the end of the 2013 fiscal year, using previously unallocated funds in the agency's general budget.
- 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 Donaldson Center Airport (GDC):
- Donaldson Center Airport (GDC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Donaldson Center Airport (GDC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,439 miles (18,410 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Donaldson Center Airport's relatively low elevation of 955 feet, planes can take off or land at Donaldson Center 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.
- Donaldson Center Airport covers an area of 1,300 acres which contains one runway designated 5/23 with 8,000 x 150 ft concrete pavement.
- The closest airport to Donaldson Center Airport (GDC) is Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of GDC.
- In addition to being known as "Donaldson Center Airport", another name for GDC is "GYH".