Nonstop flight route between Salinas, California, United States and Kiev, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base (SNS), Salinas, California, United States and Boryspil International Airport (KBP), Kiev, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,196 miles (or 9,972 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 Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base and Boryspil 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 Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base and Boryspil International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base (SNS):

• In December 1944 the 481st NFOTG was inactivated as part of an AAF reorganization.
• Because of Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base 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.
• Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base (SNS) has 3 runways.
• Salinas Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport three miles southeast of Salinas, in Monterey County, California, United States.
• Initially, IV Air Support Command used Salinas as a training base for photo-reconnaissance units.
• The closest airport to Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base (SNS) is Monterey Regional Airport (MRY), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of SNS.
• The furthest airport from Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base (SNS) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,387 miles (18,326 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about Boryspil International Airport (KBP):

• Boryspil International Airport is an international airport in Boryspil, 29 km east of Kyiv/Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
• Terminal B, the original Soviet-constructed building, serves domestic flights.
• Boryspil International Airport (KBP) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Boryspil International Airport (KBP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,082 miles (17,835 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Boryspil International Airport", another name for KBP is "Міжнародний аеропорт "Бориспіль"".
• The airport survived the 2012 European cold wave without major flight delays or cancellations.
• Early in the 2000s, Boryspil became a hub airport serving destined and transit flights of foreign airlines.
• In the late 1980s, Mikheil Saakashvili, the current president of Georgia, served his conscript service in the Soviet border guard's Boryspil Separate Group that was maintaining border control in the airport.
• Boryspil International Airport has four operational terminals, one of which is a VIP terminal.
• The closest airport to Boryspil International Airport (KBP) is Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WNW of KBP.
• Because of Boryspil International Airport's relatively low elevation of 427 feet, planes can take off or land at Boryspil 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.
• Boryspil airport is equipped with two runways, with the terminals occupying a centre-field location.