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

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL), Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 902 miles (or 1,452 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 General Leobardo C. Ruiz International 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):

• 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.
• 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.
• On December 19, 2012, it was announced that ExpressJet Airlines, operating as United Express on behalf of United Airlines, would initiate double daily regional jet service to Denver International Airport beginning May 1, 2013.
• 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.
• In June 2007 the airport was upgraded to Class 1 to allow regional jet flights.
• Later, several commuter airlines flew nonstop to Denver, including Mesa Airlines and Great Lakes Airlines with Beechcraft 1900Cs, and Pioneer Airlines with Beechcraft C99s.

Facts about General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL):

• General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,513 miles (18,529 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport handled 259,677 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL) is Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport (AGU), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) SSE of ZCL.
• In addition to being known as "General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport", another name for ZCL is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Leobardo C. Ruiz".
• Because of General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport's high elevation of 7,141 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ZCL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ZCL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.