Nonstop flight route between Tarija, Bolivia and Jacksonville, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA), Tarija, Bolivia and NAS Jacksonville (NIP), Jacksonville, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,752 miles (or 6,038 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 Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport and NAS Jacksonville, 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 Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport and NAS Jacksonville. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TJA / SLTJ |
Airport Name: | Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport |
Location: | Tarija, Bolivia |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°33'20"S by 64°42'5"W |
Airport Type: | Civil/Military |
Elevation: | 6084 feet (1,854 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TJA |
More Information: | TJA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NIP / KNIP |
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Location: | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°14'8"N by 81°40'50"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
Elevation: | 22 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NIP |
More Information: | NIP Maps & Info |
Facts about Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA):
- Because of Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport's high elevation of 6,084 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TJA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TJA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA) is Shun Tak Heliport (HHP), which is nearly antipodal to Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (meaning Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Shun Tak Heliport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,871 kilometers) away in Sheung Wan, China.
- Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza International Airport (TJA) is Yacuiba Airport (BYC), which is located 73 miles (117 kilometers) ESE of TJA.
Facts about NAS Jacksonville (NIP):
- NAS Jacksonville (NIP) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from NAS Jacksonville (NIP) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,460 miles (18,444 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- NAS Jacksonville is also an Aviation Maintenance training facility for several aviation ratings, facilitated by Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Jacksonville.
- Prior to the commissioning, on September 7, Commander Jimmy Grant became the first pilot to land on the still unfinished runway in his N3N-3 biplane.
- The closest airport to NAS Jacksonville (NIP) is Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (CRG), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NE of NIP.
- In addition to being known as "NAS Jacksonville", another name for NIP is "Towers Field".
- By the mid-1950s, with the station's continuing growth, the Navy was having a tremendous impact on the economic growth in the Jacksonville and Duval County area.
- During 1962 M-114 joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment system, feeding data to DC-09 at Gunter AFB, Alabama.
- Because of NAS Jacksonville's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Jacksonville 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.