Nonstop flight route between Santa Barbara, California, United States and Aguascalientes, Mexico:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States and Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport (AGU), Aguascalientes, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,380 miles (or 2,220 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 Barbara Airport and Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBA / KSBA | 
| Airport Name: | Santa Barbara Airport | 
| Location: | Santa Barbara, California, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°25'33"N by 119°50'25"W | 
| Area Served: | Santa Barbara, California | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Santa Barbara | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 3 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SBA | 
| More Information: | SBA Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AGU / MMAS | 
| Airport Name: | Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport | 
| Location: | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 21°42'20"N by 102°19'4"W | 
| Area Served: | Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico | 
| Operator/Owner: | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 6112 feet (1,863 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from AGU | 
| More Information: | AGU Maps & Info | 
Facts about Santa Barbara Airport (SBA):
- The closest airport to Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Santa Ynez Airport (SQA), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NW of SBA.
- Because of Santa Barbara Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Barbara 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.
- As airplane manufacturing grew in the late 1930s that airstrip developed into an airfield.
- Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
- As the prospect of war escalated the United States Government established a program to construct 250 airports across the country on a cost-sharing basis with local governments.
- Besides American and United, other airlines operating jets from SBA included Pacific Air Lines with Boeing 727-100s to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Monterey, Continental Airlines with nonstop Boeing 737-300s to Denver, Air West with Boeing 727-100s as well as McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10s and DC-9-30s to Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities, Allegiant Air with McDonnell Douglas MD-80s to Las Vegas, Pacific Express with British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Elevens to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Bakersfield, Air Wisconsin with British Aerospace BAe 146-200 and BAe 146-300s to Denver, and ExpressJet flying Embraer ERJ-145s nonstop to Sacramento and San Diego.
- The largest passenger jet currently serving Santa Barbara is the Airbus A319 operated by Frontier Airlines nonstop to Denver.
- The furthest airport from Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,487 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- With the outbreak of WWII the airport became MCAS Santa Barbara in 1942, an aviator training base for the U.S Marines.
Facts about Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport (AGU):
- The furthest airport from Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport (AGU) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,502 miles (18,511 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport (AGU) is Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport (LOM), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) SE of AGU.
- Because of Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport's high elevation of 6,112 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AGU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AGU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport (AGU) has 2 runways.




