Nonstop flight route between Santa Barbara, California, United States and Austin, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States and Austin Airport (ASQ), Austin, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 378 miles (or 608 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 Austin Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Santa Barbara Airport (SBA):

• Five airlines serve the Airport as of July 2013 with non-stop flights to Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma.
• The closest airport to Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Santa Ynez Airport (SQA), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NW of SBA.
• 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.
• American Airlines started nonstop McDonnell Douglas MD-80s to Dallas Fort-Worth International in 1984, sometimes on a triangle routing of DFW-Burbank-SBA-DFW or DFW-Bakersfield-SBA-DFW.
• Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
• The Spanish-style terminal building, commissioned by United Airlines in 1942 was designed by William Edwards and Joseph Plunkett, an architectural team whose work, including the Arlington Theatre and the National Armory, helped shape the Mediterranean style of the city.
• Santa Barbara's aviation history began in 1914 when Lincoln J.
• 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.

Facts about Austin Airport (ASQ):

• Austin Airport is a public use airport owned by the U.S.
• In addition to being known as "Austin Airport", other names for ASQ include "KTMT" and "TMT".
• The furthest airport from Austin Airport (ASQ) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,109 miles (17,879 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Because of Austin Airport's high elevation of 5,735 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ASQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ASQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Austin Airport (ASQ) is Gabbs Airport (GAB), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) SW of ASQ.
• Austin Airport (ASQ) currently has only 1 runway.