Nonstop flight route between Santa Barbara, California, United States and Kaili, Guizhou, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States and Kaili Huangping Airport (KJH), Kaili, Guizhou, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,166 miles (or 11,533 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 Kaili Huangping 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 Kaili Huangping 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: | KJH / | 
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| Location: | Kaili, Guizhou, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°58'27"N by 107°58'50"E | 
| Area Served: | Kaili, Guizhou, China | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| View all routes: | Routes from KJH | 
| More Information: | KJH Maps & Info | 
Facts about Santa Barbara Airport (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.
 - With the outbreak of WWII the airport became MCAS Santa Barbara in 1942, an aviator training base for the U.S Marines.
 - 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.
 - The closest airport to Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Santa Ynez Airport (SQA), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NW of SBA.
 - It is near the University of California, Santa Barbara and the city of Goleta.
 - Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
 - 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.
 
Facts about Kaili Huangping Airport (KJH):
- In addition to being known as "Kaili Huangping Airport", other names for KJH include "凯里黄平机场", "Kǎilǐ Huángpíng Jīchǎng" and "ZUKJ".
 - The furthest airport from Kaili Huangping Airport (KJH) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is nearly antipodal to Kaili Huangping Airport (meaning Kaili Huangping Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chañaral Airport), and is located 12,339 miles (19,858 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
 - The closest airport to Kaili Huangping Airport (KJH) is Zunyi Xinzhou Airport (ZYI), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) NW of KJH.
 
