Nonstop flight route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Wadi Halfa, Sudan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF), Wadi Halfa, Sudan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,597 miles (or 12,226 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 Wadi Halfa 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 Wadi Halfa 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):

• Currently, American Eagle operates Embraer ERJ-140 and ERJ-145 regional jets on all of its nonstop flights between Santa Fe and Dallas/Ft.
• Trans World Airlines had a flight a day each way until 1960.
• On March 1, 2013, it was announced that Santa Fe Municipal Airport may lose funding for operating its control tower due to federal budget cuts, leading to concerns that the airport may lose its commercial airline service.
• Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) has 3 runways.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Los Alamos Airport (LAM), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of 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.

Facts about Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF):

• The furthest airport from Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is nearly antipodal to Wadi Halfa Airport (meaning Wadi Halfa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rurutu Airport), and is located 12,247 miles (19,710 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Wadi Halfa Airport (WHF) is Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) N of WHF.
• Because of Wadi Halfa Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wadi Halfa 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.