Nonstop flight route between Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands and Sidi Ifni, Morocco:
Departure Airport:
(15°7'8"N by 145°43'45"E)
Arrival Airport:
(35°35'39"N by 5°19'12"W)
Distance from SPN to SII:
8,453.64 miles (13,604.77 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Saipan International Airport (SPN), Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands and Sania Ramel Airport (SII), Sidi Ifni, Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,454 miles (or 13,605 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 Saipan International Airport and Sania Ramel 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 Saipan International Airport and Sania Ramel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SPN / PGSN |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 15°7'8"N by 145°43'45"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Commonwealth Ports Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 215 feet (66 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SPN |
| More Information: | SPN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SII / GMMF |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Sidi Ifni, Morocco |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°35'39"N by 5°19'12"W |
| Area Served: | Tétouan, Morocco |
| Operator/Owner: | ONDA |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SII |
| More Information: | SII Maps & Info |
Facts about Saipan International Airport (SPN):
- Saipan International Airport covers an area of 734 acres which contains one paved runway measuring 8,700 x 200 ft.
- The closest airport to Saipan International Airport (SPN) is Tinian International Airport (TIQ), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SW of SPN.
- Because of Saipan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 215 feet, planes can take off or land at Saipan 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.
- A Star Marianas plane crashed during takeoff on November 17, 2012 on its return from Tinian.
- The furthest airport from Saipan International Airport (SPN) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Saipan International Airport (meaning Saipan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,125 miles (19,514 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- Saipan International Airport (SPN) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Saipan International Airport", other names for SPN include "Francisco C. Ada Airport" and "GSN".
- After several months of disappointing high level bombing attacks from Isely, General Curtis LeMay, Commander of Twentieth Air Force issued a new directive that the high-altitude, daylight attacks be phased out and replaced by low-altitude, high-intensity incendiary raids at nighttime, being followed up with high explosive bombs once the targets were set ablaze.
Facts about Sania Ramel Airport (SII):
- The furthest airport from Sania Ramel Airport (SII) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Sania Ramel Airport (meaning Sania Ramel Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,415 miles (19,981 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
- Sania Ramel Airport (SII) currently has only 1 runway.
- Sania Ramel Airport handled 15,039 passengers last year.
- Because of Sania Ramel Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Sania Ramel 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.
- Before the start of the Spanish Civil War, a paved runway was built which enabled Sania Ramel to serve as civil airport for Tetouan.
- In addition to being known as "Sania Ramel Airport", other names for SII include "مطار تطوان سانية الرمل", "Aéroport Tétouan – Sania R'mel", "TTU", "GMTN" and "TTU".
- The closest airport to Sania Ramel Airport (SII) is Sania Ramel Airport (TTU), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of SII.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11.06 miles (17.80 km) SW | Tinian International Airport (TIQ) | Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands |     |
| 2 | 72.92 miles (117.36 km) SSW | Rota International Airport (ROP) | Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands | |
| 3 | 119.13 miles (191.72 km) SSW | Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) | Agana, Guam | |
| 4 | 129.06 miles (207.70 km) SSW | Guam International Airport (GUM) | Hagåtña, Guam | |
| 5 | 533.30 miles (858.26 km) SW | Falalop Airfield (ULI) | Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 6 | 645.75 miles (1,039.22 km) SW | Yap International Airport (YAP) | Yap, Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 7 | 671.70 miles (1,081.00 km) SE | Chuuk International Airport (TKK) | Weno, Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 8 | 726.36 miles (1,168.96 km) NNW | Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan | |
| 9 | 829.80 miles (1,335.42 km) NE | Minamitorishima Air Field (MUS) | Minami-Tori-shima, Japan | |
| 10 | 927.56 miles (1,492.75 km) SW | Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR) | Koror, Palau | |
| 11 | 1,015.16 miles (1,633.73 km) ESE | Pohnpei International Airport (PNI) | Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 12 | 1,146.10 miles (1,844.46 km) E | Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT) | Enewetak, Marshall Islands | |
| 13 | 1,192.41 miles (1,919.00 km) NW | Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) | Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 14 | 1,192.72 miles (1,919.50 km) S | Momote Airport (MAS) | Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea | |
| 15 | 1,193.19 miles (1,920.24 km) NW | Kitadaito Airport (KTD) | Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,125.20 miles (19,513.57 km) ESE | Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA) | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | |
| 2 | 12,118.20 miles (19,502.30 km) E | Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS) | Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil | |
| 3 | 12,104.44 miles (19,480.16 km) ESE | Porto Seguro Airport (BPS) | Porto Seguro, Brazil | |
| 4 | 12,094.54 miles (19,464.23 km) SE | Aracaju–Santa Maria Airport (AJU) | Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil | |
| 5 | 12,036.52 miles (19,370.86 km) SSE | Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ) | Maceió, Brazil | |
| 6 | 11,996.47 miles (19,306.39 km) E | Pedro Otacílio Figueiredo Airport (VDC) | Vitória da Conquista, Brazil | |
| 7 | 11,951.65 miles (19,234.27 km) S | Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport (REC) | Recife, Brazil | |
| 8 | 11,932.95 miles (19,204.17 km) ESE | Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport (LEC) | Lençõis, Bahia, Brazil | |
| 9 | 11,905.05 miles (19,159.28 km) SE | Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) (VIX) | Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil | |
| 10 | 11,884.00 miles (19,125.40 km) S | Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA) | João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil | |
| 11 | 11,883.39 miles (19,124.42 km) SSE | Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV) | Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil | |
| 12 | 11,866.48 miles (19,097.20 km) E | Guanambi Airport (GNM) | Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil | |
| 13 | 11,864.21 miles (19,093.54 km) ESE | Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport (GVR) | Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 14 | 11,853.53 miles (19,076.36 km) SE | Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ) | Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil | |
| 15 | 11,834.75 miles (19,046.13 km) SE | Raimundo de Andrade Airport (CDI) | Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 0.00 miles (0.00 km) N | Sania Ramel Airport (TTU) | Tétouan, Morocco | |
| 2 | 20.61 miles (33.17 km) N | Ceuta Heliport (JCU) | Ceuta, Spain | |
| 3 | 34.74 miles (55.91 km) WNW | Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) | Tangier, Morocco | |
| 4 | 38.50 miles (61.96 km) N | Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) | Gibraltar | |
| 5 | 87.59 miles (140.96 km) NNE | Málaga Airport (AGP) | Málaga, Spain | |
| 6 | 88.25 miles (142.02 km) ESE | Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (AHU) | Al Hoceima, Morocco | |
| 7 | 89.55 miles (144.12 km) NNW | Jerez Airport (XRY) | Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | |
| 8 | 115.04 miles (185.13 km) SW | Kenitra Air Base (NNA) | Kenitra, Morocco | |
| 9 | 116.82 miles (188.00 km) S | Saïss Airport (FEZ) | Fes, Morocco | |
| 10 | 130.04 miles (209.27 km) NNW | Seville Airport (SVQ) | Seville, Spain | |
| 11 | 134.00 miles (215.66 km) SW | Rabat–Salé Airport (RBA) | Rabat, Morocco | |
| 12 | 134.82 miles (216.97 km) E | Melilla Airport (MLN) | Melilla, (Spanish exclave in Morocco) | |
| 13 | 139.62 miles (224.70 km) NE | Granada Airport (GRX) | Granada, Spain | |
| 14 | 157.62 miles (253.67 km) N | Córdoba Airport (ODB) | Córdoba, Spain | |
| 15 | 176.99 miles (284.84 km) NW | Faro International Airport (FAO) | Faro, Portugal | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,415.42 miles (19,980.64 km) SE | Whangarei Airport (WRE) | Whangarei, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 12,387.86 miles (19,936.28 km) ESE | Kerikeri Airport (KKE) | Kerikeri, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 12,387.28 miles (19,935.34 km) E | Kaikohe Aerodrome (KKO) | Kaikohe, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 12,386.67 miles (19,934.36 km) ESE | Dargaville Aerodrome (DGR) | Dargaville, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 12,373.86 miles (19,913.74 km) SW | Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ) | Great Barrier Island, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 12,350.23 miles (19,875.73 km) ESE | Kaitaia Airport (KAT) | Kaitaia, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 12,342.05 miles (19,862.55 km) SSW | Coromandel Aerodrome (CMV) | Coromandel, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 12,338.93 miles (19,857.53 km) S | Auckland Airport (AKL) | Mangere, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 12,336.29 miles (19,853.29 km) S | Ardmore Airport (AMZ) | Ardmore, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 12,318.31 miles (19,824.35 km) SSW | Thames Aerodrome (TMZ) | Thames, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 12,277.70 miles (19,758.99 km) SSW | Matamata Airport (MTA) | Matamata, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 12,275.71 miles (19,755.79 km) SSW | Hamilton International Airport (HLZ) | Hamilton, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 12,270.35 miles (19,747.16 km) SSW | Tauranga Airport (TRG) | Tauranga, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 12,240.89 miles (19,699.76 km) SSW | Rotorua International Airport (ROT) | Rotorua, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 12,234.02 miles (19,688.69 km) SW | Whakatane Airport (WHK) | Whakatane, New Zealand | |