Nonstop flight route between Santa Barbara, California, United States and Bastia, Corsica, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States and Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA), Bastia, Corsica, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,229 miles (or 10,025 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 Barbara Airport and Bastia – Poretta 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 Barbara Airport and Bastia – Poretta 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 Barbara Airport (SBA):

• Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
• 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.
• 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.
• On August 18, 2011 the airport opened a new 72,000 square foot terminal to add to the single story terminal built by United Airlines in 1942.
• The closest airport to Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Santa Ynez Airport (SQA), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NW of SBA.
• In the 1980s Apollo Airways, a commuter airline based in Santa Barbara that changed its name to Pacific Coast Airlines, flew Handley Page HP.137 Jetstreams from the airport.
• Five airlines serve the Airport as of July 2013 with non-stop flights to Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma.
• With the outbreak of WWII the airport became MCAS Santa Barbara in 1942, an aviator training base for the U.S Marines.

Facts about Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA):

• In addition to being known as "Bastia – Poretta Airport", another name for BIA is "Aéroport de Bastia Poretta".
• Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA) is Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) W of BIA.
• The furthest airport from Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Bastia – Poretta Airport (meaning Bastia – Poretta Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,125 miles (19,513 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Bastia – Poretta Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Bastia – Poretta 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.