Nonstop flight route between Santa Barbara, California, United States and Split, Croatia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Santa Barbara, California, United States and Split Airport (SPU), Split, Croatia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,383 miles (or 10,273 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 Split 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 Split 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):

• 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.
• Santa Barbara Municipal Airport is a public airport 7 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara, California, United States.
• Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) has 3 runways.
• As airplane manufacturing grew in the late 1930s that airstrip developed into an airfield.
• It is near the University of California, Santa Barbara and the city of Goleta.
• Until 2002 Santa Barbara Airport was on a mainline jet aircraft route between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
• The closest airport to Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is Santa Ynez Airport (SQA), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NW of SBA.

Facts about Split Airport (SPU):

• In 1991 the passenger figures dropped almost to zero, as the war in the former Yugoslavia broke out.
• The furthest airport from Split Airport (SPU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,800 miles (18,990 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Split Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Split 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.
• Split Airport, also known as Resnik Airport, is the airport serving the city of Split, Croatia.
• Split Airport handled 1,581,734 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Split Airport", another name for SPU is "Zračna luka Split".
• Expansion of Split Airport is happening in 3 phases.
• The closest airport to Split Airport (SPU) is Bol Airport (BWK), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SE of SPU.
• Split Airport (SPU) currently has only 1 runway.