Nonstop flight route between San José, Costa Rica and Kiev, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO), San José, Costa Rica and Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV), Kiev, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,727 miles (or 10,826 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 Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany), 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 Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

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

• 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.
• Terminal buildings and main runway, 2003
• American Airlines Boeing 757 parked at Terminal 1
• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)", another name for SJO is "Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría".
• 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.
• Only passengers that show a ticket are allowed to enter the terminal.
• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) handled 4,257,606 passengers last year.

Facts about Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV):

• Surrounded by major railways, highways and residential districts, the airport has limited possibilities to expand its runway.
• Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Aside from facilitating regular passenger flights, Kyiv International Airport is also the main business aviation airport in Ukraine, and one of the busiest business aviation hubs in Europe.
• Because of Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)'s relatively low elevation of 587 feet, planes can take off or land at Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)", other names for IEV include "Міжнародний аеропорт "Київ" (Жуляни)" and "IEV[1]".
• The furthest airport from Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,101 miles (17,865 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 2003, the Ukraine State Aviation Museum was created in one of the industrial estates neighboring the airport.
• The closest airport to Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV) is Boryspil International Airport (KBP), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of IEV.