Nonstop flight route between Santa Rosa, California, United States and Frutillar, Chile:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS), Santa Rosa, California, United States and Frutillar Airport (FRT), Frutillar, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,332 miles (or 10,191 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 Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport and Frutillar 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 Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport and Frutillar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS):

• The closest airport to Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS) is Marin County Airport (NOT), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) SSE of STS.
• In August 2013 the airport started a project to decouple the ends of the two runways and extend runway 14/32 by 885 feet, to 6000 feet and extend runway 1/19 by 200 feet, to 5202 feet.
• The furthest airport from Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,331 miles (18,235 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In the 1930s Santa Rosa had a small municipal airfield owned by Richfield Oil Corporation next to the Redwood Highway about 4 miles southeast of the present airport.
• In March 2007 airline flights resumed on Horizon Air, with flights to Seattle–Tacoma and Los Angeles.
• Because of Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County 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 early 2011 Alaska Airlines announced it would retire its Horizon brand.
• Service to Las Vegas was stopped June 3, 2012.
• Around 1986 United Airlines entered into a code share agreement with WestAir, a commuter airline that served STS, which in turn began flying as United Express with service to SFO until 2001.
• In addition to being known as "Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport", another name for STS is "Santa Rosa Army Airfield".
• Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS) has 2 runways.

Facts about Frutillar Airport (FRT):

• In addition to being known as "Frutillar Airport", other names for FRT include "Frutillar Airport (Frutillar)" and "SCFR".
• Frutillar Airport (FRT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Frutillar Airport's relatively low elevation of 469 feet, planes can take off or land at Frutillar 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 Frutillar Airport (FRT) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to Frutillar Airport (meaning Frutillar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,344 miles (19,866 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
• The closest airport to Frutillar Airport (FRT) is El Tepual International Airport (PMC), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) S of FRT.