Nonstop flight route between Santa Ana, California, United States and Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between John Wayne Airport (SNA), Santa Ana, California, United States and Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS), Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,707 miles (or 9,184 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 Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón 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 Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón 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):

• Terminals A and B were built in 1990 to replace the former Eddie Martin Terminal which was closed upon the new terminals' opening.
• 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.
• At some point between 1940 and 1945, the Santa Ana Army Airfield was established on land adjacent to Martin Field, to the south.
• John Wayne Airport is 14 miles from Orange County's main attraction – the Disneyland Resort.
• The closest airport to John Wayne Airport (SNA) is MCAS El Toro (NZJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) E of SNA.
• The main runway, at 5,701 feet, is the shortest of any major airport in the United States, and passenger airliners at the airport have never been larger than the Boeing 757.
• 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.
• John Wayne Airport (SNA) has 2 runways.
• 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.

Facts about Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS):

• The airport was built in 1947, and re-constructed in 1983.
• The closest airport to Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS) is San Rafael Airport (AFA), which is located 91 miles (147 kilometers) NE of LGS.
• Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS) has 2 runways.
• Because of Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport's high elevation of 4,675 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LGS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LGS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Since 1999, it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
• The furthest airport from Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS) is Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU), which is nearly antipodal to Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (meaning Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yuncheng Guangong Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Yuncheng, China.
• In addition to being known as "Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport", another name for LGS is "Aeropuerto de Malargüe "Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón"".