Nonstop flight route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Lappeenranta, Finland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Lappeenranta Airport (LPP), Lappeenranta, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,279 miles (or 8,496 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 Lappeenranta 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 Santa Fe Municipal Airport and Lappeenranta Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF):

• On July 27, 2009 American Eagle announced a second daily flight to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
• As of August 2011, the city of Santa Fe was in discussions with Great Lakes Airlines concerning the possible resumption of turboprop passenger service to Denver.
• In June 2007 the airport was upgraded to Class 1 to allow regional jet flights.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Los Alamos Airport (LAM), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of SAF.
• Currently, American Eagle operates Embraer ERJ-140 and ERJ-145 regional jets on all of its nonstop flights between Santa Fe and Dallas/Ft.
• 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.
• Trans World Airlines had a flight a day each way until 1960.
• 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.

Facts about Lappeenranta Airport (LPP):

• The furthest airport from Lappeenranta Airport (LPP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,877 miles (17,505 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• There are Matkahuolto expressbus connections to Saint Petersburg from Lappeenranta railway station.
• Lappeenranta Airport handled 98,300 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Lappeenranta Airport", another name for LPP is "Lappeenrannan lentoasema".
• The closest airport to Lappeenranta Airport (LPP) is Utti Airport (UTI), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) WSW of LPP.
• Lappeenranta Airport (LPP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Lappeenranta Airport's relatively low elevation of 349 feet, planes can take off or land at Lappeenranta 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.