Nonstop flight route between San Francisco, California, United States and Bertoua, Cameroon:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, California, United States and Bertoua Airport (BTA), Bertoua, Cameroon would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,386 miles (or 13,495 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 San Francisco International Airport and Bertoua 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 San Francisco International Airport and Bertoua Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about San Francisco International Airport (SFO):

• In 1989 a master plan and Environmental Impact Report were prepared to guide development over the next two decades.
• Because of San Francisco International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at San Francisco 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.
• The furthest airport from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The airport has four terminals and seven concourses arranged in a ring.
• San Francisco International Airport handled 44,477,209 passengers last year.
• SFO experiences delays in overcast weather when only two of the airport's four runways can be used at a time because the centerlines of the parallel runways are only 750 feet apart.
• Before the 1930s, airports used a two-byte abbreviation.
• The closest airport to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is Half Moon Bay AirportHalf Moon Bay Flight Strip (HAF), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) SW of SFO.
• San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has 4 runways.
• After the war United Airlines used the Pan Am terminal 37°38′05″N 122°23′24″W / 37.6347°N 122.39°W / 37.6347.
• Domestic flights on JetBlue Airways, Sun Country Airlines, and Hawaiian Airlines also operate from the International Terminal at boarding area A.

Facts about Bertoua Airport (BTA):

• The closest airport to Bertoua Airport (BTA) is Batouri Airport (OUR), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) E of BTA.
• The furthest airport from Bertoua Airport (BTA) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Bertoua Airport (meaning Bertoua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,043 miles (19,381 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
• Bertoua Airport (BTA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bertoua Airport", another name for BTA is "Bertoua Airport (Bertoua)".