Nonstop flight route between San Jose, California, United States and Niš, Serbia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, California, United States and Niš Constantine the Great International Airport (INI), Niš, Serbia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,416 miles (or 10,326 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 Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport and Niš Constantine the Great 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 Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport and Niš Constantine the Great 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 Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC):

• The closest airport to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (RHV), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of SJC.
• The furthest airport from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,363 miles (18,287 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport handled 8,357,384 passengers last year.
• Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) has 3 runways.
• In November 2005 a scaled-back plan was approved and announced.
• Because of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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 runway that became 12R/30L was 4,500 feet until about 1962—Brokaw Rd was the northwest boundary of the airport.
• American Airlines opened a hub at San Jose in 1988, using slots it obtained in the buyout of Air California in 1986.
• SJC suffered with many mid-tier airports during the 2008 rise in oil prices as airlines reduced marginal services.
• In August 2010, Mexicana Airlines also suspended all flights permanently due to bankruptcy.

Facts about Niš Constantine the Great International Airport (INI):

• A gala opening ceremony was held on 12 October 1986 accompanied by the airfare and the landing of the first Boeing 737.
• The furthest airport from Niš Constantine the Great International Airport (INI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,521 miles (18,542 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Niš Constantine the Great International Airport's relatively low elevation of 650 feet, planes can take off or land at Niš Constantine the Great 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 closest airport to Niš Constantine the Great International Airport (INI) is Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) SW of INI.
• Niš Constantine the Great has successfully conducted TAM program of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development whose goal is to improve the work of the management and strategy preparation for the development of the Niš airport.
• Niš Constantine the Great International Airport (INI) has 2 runways.
• Changes on the political scene in Yugoslavia and deteriorated relations among the republics in 1990, brought to the sharp decrease in travelling to the Adriatic Sea, Ljubljana and Zagreb, once the most attractive flights from Niš.
• Niš Constantine the Great International Airport handled 21,700 passengers last year.
• The airport is operational 24 hrs per day on request.
• In addition to being known as "Niš Constantine the Great International Airport", other names for INI include "Аеродром Ниш - Константин Велики" and "Aerodrom Niš - Konstantin Veliki".