Nonstop flight route between Santo Domingo (near San Cristóbal, Táchira), Venezuela and San Jose, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD), Santo Domingo (near San Cristóbal, Táchira), Venezuela and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,733 miles (or 6,007 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 Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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 Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD):

• Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD) is Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), which is nearly antipodal to Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (meaning Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cibeureum Airfield), and is located 12,412 miles (19,976 kilometers) away in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport (STD) is Juan Vicente Gómez International Airport (SVZ), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NW of STD.

Facts about Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC):

• In August 2004 the city broke ground on the North Concourse, the first phase in a three-phase, nine-year expansion plan.
• Because of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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 Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,363 miles (18,287 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (RHV), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of SJC.
• From 1960 to 2010 San Jose State University operated a flight-simulator facility for its aviation program in buildings at the southeast corner of the airport.
• Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) has 3 runways.
• After the September 11 attacks and the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, the city lost several flights.
• Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport handled 8,357,384 passengers last year.
• SJC is a "downtown airport", unlike SFO and OAK which are on opposite shores of San Francisco Bay.
• In 2010, service expanded at SJC for the first time in several years.