Nonstop flight route between Santa Barbara, California, United States and Colmar / Houssen, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States and Colmar - Houssen Airport (CMR), Colmar / Houssen, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,870 miles (or 9,447 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 Colmar - Houssen 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 Colmar - Houssen Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
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: | CMR / LFGA |
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Location: | Colmar / Houssen, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°6'37"N by 7°21'33"E |
Area Served: | Colmar, France |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 627 feet (191 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CMR |
More Information: | CMR Maps & Info |
Facts about Santa Barbara Airport (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.
- Airline flights began in 1932 on Pacific Seaboard Airlines.
- The United Airlines system timetable dated February 1, 1937 listed daily round trip service flown with a Douglas DC-3 twin prop aircraft on a routing of Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-San Francisco-Oakland.
- There are two fixed based operators on the field, Signature Flight Support and Atlantic Aviation, and three flight schools, Above All Aviation, Red Baron Aviation, and Spitfire Aviation.
- 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 closest airport to Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Santa Ynez Airport (SQA), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NW of SBA.
- As airplane manufacturing grew in the late 1930s that airstrip developed into an airfield.
- Until 2002 Santa Barbara Airport was on a mainline jet aircraft route between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Facts about Colmar - Houssen Airport (CMR):
- The furthest airport from Colmar - Houssen Airport (CMR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Colmar - Houssen Airport (meaning Colmar - Houssen Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,088 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Colmar - Houssen Airport (CMR) is Black Forest Airport (LHA), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NE of CMR.
- Colmar - Houssen Airport (CMR) has 2 runways.
- Because of Colmar - Houssen Airport's relatively low elevation of 627 feet, planes can take off or land at Colmar - Houssen 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.
- In addition to being known as "Colmar - Houssen Airport", another name for CMR is "Aéroport de Colmar - Houssen".