Nonstop flight route between Sacramento, California, United States and Eskişehir, Turkey:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sacramento International Airport (SMF), Sacramento, California, United States and Eskişehir Air Base (ESK), Eskişehir, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,736 miles (or 10,840 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 Sacramento International Airport and Eskişehir Air Base, 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 Sacramento International Airport and Eskişehir Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sacramento International Airport (SMF):

• Sacramento International Airport handled 8,910,570 passengers last year.
• Airport security procedures were dramatically changed after September 11, 2001.
• Because of Sacramento International Airport's relatively low elevation of 27 feet, planes can take off or land at Sacramento 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.
• Sacramento International Airport (SMF) has 2 runways.
• Sacramento County has tried to entice Virgin America into adding a Los Angeles route by giving them 400,000 dollars to operate out of terminal A or 150,000 dollars to operate in terminal B.
• The closest airport to Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is Sacramento Airport McClellan Airfield (MCC), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) E of SMF.
• In 2011 the airport carried an estimated 9 million passengers.
• Air Canada flew to this airport in 2007–2008 to Vancouver, but ended the route in 2008.
• September 11 did not deter growth at Sacramento International Airport.
• The Sacramento County Airport System launched its Web site in April 1997.
• The furthest airport from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,280 miles (18,154 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• California Pacific Airlines hopes to fly between Sacramento and Carlsbad in southern California in 2013.

Facts about Eskişehir Air Base (ESK):

• In addition to being known as "Eskişehir Air Base", other names for ESK include "Eskişehir Hava Üssü" and "Eskişehir Airport".
• The furthest airport from Eskişehir Air Base (ESK) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,232 miles (18,077 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Eskişehir Air Base (ESK) is Eskişehir Anadolu Airport (AOE), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) WNW of ESK.
• Eskişehir Air Base (ESK) currently has only 1 runway.