Nonstop flight route between Santa Ana, California, United States and Chumphon, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between John Wayne Airport (SNA), Santa Ana, California, United States and Chumphon Airport (CJM), Chumphon, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,514 miles (or 13,703 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 John Wayne Airport and Chumphon 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 John Wayne Airport and Chumphon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about John Wayne Airport (SNA):

• The closest airport to John Wayne Airport (SNA) is MCAS El Toro (NZJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) E of SNA.
• In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a new, larger airport was proposed for the nearby site of the then recently closed El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.
• Martin and James Irvine made a deal for a five-year lease on 80 acres for $35 a month and founded a flying school on land owned by the Irvine Company.
• The furthest airport from John Wayne Airport (SNA) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,490 miles (18,491 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Terminals A and B were built in 1990 to replace the former Eddie Martin Terminal which was closed upon the new terminals' opening.
• In 2011, additional terminal space was added and existing terminals were refreshed as part of a $543 million expansion project.
• John Wayne Airport (SNA) has 2 runways.
• Nonstop flights reached Salt Lake City in 1976–77, Denver in 1982, Dallas-Fort Worth in 1983, Chicago in 1986, and New York Kennedy in 1991.
• The original single runway was 4,800 feet long, oriented on a magnetic heading of 210 degrees and 30 degrees.
• Because of John Wayne Airport's relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at John Wayne 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.

Facts about Chumphon Airport (CJM):

• The airport agents offer land connections by Lomprayah to Chumphon Pier and onto Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Koh Phangan via high speed ferry.
• Chumphon Airport (CJM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Chumphon Airport (CJM) is Teniente FAP Jaime Montreuil Morales Airport (CHM), which is nearly antipodal to Chumphon Airport (meaning Chumphon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente FAP Jaime Montreuil Morales Airport), and is located 12,257 miles (19,726 kilometers) away in Chimbote, Ancash Region, Peru.
• The terminal has a coffee shop, gift shop and transfer services.
• In addition to being known as "Chumphon Airport", another name for CJM is "ท่าอากาศยานชุมพร".
• The closest airport to Chumphon Airport (CJM) is Kawthaung Airport (KAW), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) SW of CJM.
• Because of Chumphon Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Chumphon 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.