Nonstop flight route between San José, Costa Rica and Essaouira, Morocco:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO), San José, Costa Rica and Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU), Essaouira, Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,951 miles (or 7,968 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) and Essaouira-Mogador 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 Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) and Essaouira-Mogador Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO):

• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Interior where Gates 1, 2 & 3 are located.
• American Airlines Boeing 757 parked at Terminal 1
• In addition to being known as "Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)", another name for SJO is "Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría".
• The airport's main runway allows for operations of large, widebody aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (meaning Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,270 miles (19,746 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) is Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) ESE of SJO.
• The major operator in the airport is Avianca, followed by Copa Airlines.
• All domestic flights depart from the Domestic Terminal.
• No major changes were made to the terminal until November 1997 when the government issued a decree requesting participation of private companies to manage the operations of the airport.
• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) handled 4,257,606 passengers last year.

Facts about Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU):

• Because of Essaouira-Mogador Airport's relatively low elevation of 384 feet, planes can take off or land at Essaouira-Mogador 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 Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) is Agadir – Al Massira Airport (AGA), which is located 76 miles (122 kilometers) SSE of ESU.
• The furthest airport from Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Essaouira-Mogador Airport (meaning Essaouira-Mogador Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
• Essaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Essaouira-Mogador Airport", another name for ESU is "مطار الصويرة موكادور".