Nonstop flight route between Santa Maria, California, United States and Corozal, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX), Santa Maria, California, United States and Las Brujas Airport (CZU), Corozal, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,347 miles (or 5,387 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 Santa Maria Public Airport and Las Brujas 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 Santa Maria Public Airport and Las Brujas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX):

• During its use by the military Santa Maria AAF also controlled Estrella Army Airfield, near Paso Robles as an auxiliary airfield to support the pilot training activity.
• Other enhancements include a new passenger terminal holding room that opened February 2008.
• Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Maria Public Airport", another name for SMX is "Capt. G. Allan Hancock FieldSanta Maria Army Airfield".
• The furthest airport from Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,466 miles (18,453 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Because of Santa Maria Public Airport's relatively low elevation of 261 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Maria Public 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 Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) is Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSW of SMX.
• The first airline to serve Santa Maria was Southwest Airways operating Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft.
• The original Allan Hancock Field was established in 1927 at another location, between Jones Street to the north, Stowell Road to the south, Bradley Road to the east and Miller Street to the west.

Facts about Las Brujas Airport (CZU):

• Las Brujas Airport (CZU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Las Brujas Airport (CZU) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is nearly antipodal to Las Brujas Airport (meaning Las Brujas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Christmas Island Airport), and is located 12,335 miles (19,851 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
• The closest airport to Las Brujas Airport (CZU) is Los Garzones Airport (MTR), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) SW of CZU.
• Because of Las Brujas Airport's relatively low elevation of 528 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Brujas 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.
• In addition to being known as "Las Brujas Airport", another name for CZU is "Aeropuerto Las Brujas".
• The Las Brujas Airport is a domestic airport located in the town of Corozal, Sucre in Colombia.
• Las Brujas Airport, with passenger traffic of 46,100 passengers per year, will have major upgrading works that will impact positively on the region and in the community.