Nonstop flight route between Santa Barbara, California, United States and Monastir, Tunisia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States and Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport (MIR), Monastir, Tunisia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,636 miles (or 10,679 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 Monastir Habib Bourguiba International 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 Monastir Habib Bourguiba International 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.
• 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.
• Five airlines serve the Airport as of July 2013 with non-stop flights to Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma.
• 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.
• Airline flights began in 1932 on Pacific Seaboard Airlines.
• 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.
• 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 Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport (MIR):

• Because of Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Monastir Habib Bourguiba International 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.
• Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport handled 3,831,924 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport (MIR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,762 miles (18,929 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport", other names for MIR include "Aéroport International de Monastir–Habib Bourguiba" and "مطار الحبيب بورقيبة الدولي".
• Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport (MIR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport activity is mainly due to the movement of tourists coming to visit Monastir, Sousse and the surrounding resorts.
• The closest airport to Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport (MIR) is Enfidha–Hammamet International Airport (NBE), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NW of MIR.
• Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport is an airport serving Monastir in Tunisia.