Nonstop flight route between Santa Barbara, California, United States and Loei, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States and Loei Airport (LOE), Loei, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,932 miles (or 12,765 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 Loei 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 Loei 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):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
• It is near the University of California, Santa Barbara and the city of Goleta.
• 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.
• 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.
• In 1947 the Santa Barbara Flying Club was formed to promote general aviation in the region.

Facts about Loei Airport (LOE):

• Loei Airport (LOE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Loei Airport", another name for LOE is "ท่าอากาศยานเลย".
• The closest airport to Loei Airport (LOE) is Phetchabun Airport (PHY), which is located 63 miles (102 kilometers) SSW of LOE.
• The furthest airport from Loei Airport (LOE) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is nearly antipodal to Loei Airport (meaning Loei Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maria Reiche Neuman Airport), and is located 12,153 miles (19,559 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
• Because of Loei Airport's relatively low elevation of 860 feet, planes can take off or land at Loei 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.