Nonstop flight route between San Bernardino, California, United States and Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States and Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,117 miles (or 9,845 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 Norton Air Force Base and Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo 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 Norton Air Force Base and Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBD / |
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| Location: | San Bernardino, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°5'43"N by 117°14'5"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from SBD |
| More Information: | SBD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LAJ / SBLJ |
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| Location: | Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°46'55"S by 50°16'54"W |
| Area Served: | Lages |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3065 feet (934 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LAJ |
| More Information: | LAJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):
- On 1 March 1942, the airport was renamed San Bernardino Army Air Field and the San Bernardino Air Depot was established there.
- In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
- The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
- The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- A base railroad system interchanged with the Pacific Electric/Southern Pacific branch line on the south side of the installation.
- Norton was placed on the Department of Defense's base closure list in 1989.
- The last of the facilities on the base were closed in 1995.
- The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.
Facts about Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ):
- Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport", another name for LAJ is "Aeroporto Antônio Correia Pinto".
- The closest airport to Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) is Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) NW of LAJ.
- The furthest airport from Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) is Kikai Airport (KKX), which is nearly antipodal to Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (meaning Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kikai Airport), and is located 12,397 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan.
