Nonstop flight route between San Tomé, Venezuela and Surabaya, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between San Tomé Airport (SOM), San Tomé, Venezuela and Juanda International Airport (SUB), Surabaya, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,201 miles (or 19,636 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 San Tomé Airport and Juanda 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 San Tomé Airport and Juanda International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between SOM and SUB makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between San Tomé Airport and Juanda International Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between SOM and SUB are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from San Tomé, Venezuela and Surabaya, Indonesia by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between SOM and SUB!

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Facts about San Tomé Airport (SOM):

• The closest airport to San Tomé Airport (SOM) is El Tigre Airport (ELX), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) SSW of SOM.
• The furthest airport from San Tomé Airport (SOM) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is nearly antipodal to San Tomé Airport (meaning San Tomé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Selaparang Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Mataram, Indonesia.
• Because of San Tomé Airport's relatively low elevation of 837 feet, planes can take off or land at San Tomé 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 "San Tomé Airport", another name for SOM is "Aeropuerto Don Edmundo Barrios".
• San Tomé Airport (SOM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Juanda International Airport (SUB):

• Because of Juanda International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Juanda 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.
• The furthest airport from Juanda International Airport (SUB) is Las Flecheras Airport (SFD), which is nearly antipodal to Juanda International Airport (meaning Juanda International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Las Flecheras Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela.
• Juanda International Airport (SUB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Juanda International Airport handled 16,447,912 passengers last year.
• A new three-story terminal building was opened on 10 November 2006.
• The closest airport to Juanda International Airport (SUB) is Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) S of SUB.
• Apron and runway view from Departure lounge
• The following are statistics for the airport from 1999 to 2013.
• In addition to being known as "Juanda International Airport", another name for SUB is "Bandar Udara Internasional Juanda".