Nonstop flight route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Lac La Biche Airport (YLB), Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,353 miles (or 2,178 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 Lac La Biche Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF):

• Trans World Airlines had a flight a day each way until 1960.
• On July 27, 2009 American Eagle announced a second daily flight to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
• Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) has 3 runways.
• In June 2007 the airport was upgraded to Class 1 to allow regional jet flights.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 Lac La Biche Airport (YLB):

• Lac La Biche Airport (YLB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lac La Biche Airport (YLB) is St. Paul Aerodrome (ZSP), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) SSE of YLB.
• The furthest airport from Lac La Biche Airport (YLB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,120 miles (16,287 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.