Nonstop flight route between Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia and San Juan, Puerto Rico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Solomon Airport (SLJ), Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), San Juan, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,078 miles (or 19,437 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 Solomon Airport and Luis Muñoz Marín 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 Solomon Airport and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between SLJ and SJU makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Solomon Airport and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between SLJ and SJU are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia and San Juan, Puerto Rico by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between SLJ and SJU!

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Facts about Solomon Airport (SLJ):

• The furthest airport from Solomon Airport (SLJ) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Solomon Airport (meaning Solomon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,152 miles (19,557 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
• The closest airport to Solomon Airport (SLJ) is Coolawanyah Station Airport (COY), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) N of SLJ.

Facts about Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU):

• The furthest airport from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (meaning Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,246 miles (19,708 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport", another name for SJU is "Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín".
• Because of Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Luis Muñoz Marín 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.
• Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) has 2 runways.
• The airport opened on May 22, 1955.
• Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is the Island's main international gateway and its main connection to the United States.
• The closest airport to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) is Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) W of SJU.