Nonstop flight route between Tallinn, Estonia and San Jose, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tallinn Airport (TLL), Tallinn, Estonia and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,484 miles (or 8,826 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 Tallinn 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 Tallinn 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!

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Facts about Tallinn Airport (TLL):

• Because of Tallinn Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Tallinn 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 "Tallinn Airport", another name for TLL is "Tallinna lennujaam".
• The furthest airport from Tallinn Airport (TLL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,037 miles (17,763 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Tallinn Airport (TLL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The new terminal is intended for the service of one million passengers and the space liberated from low-cost airlines would pass into the disposition of Estonian Air and other traditional airlines, such as Lufthansa, SAS, LOT and Finnair.
• The closest airport to Tallinn Airport (TLL) is Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) N of TLL.
• The airport underwent a large expansion project between January 2006 and September 2008.
• There are one passenger terminal and four cargo terminals at the airport.

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

• In August 2010, Mexicana Airlines also suspended all flights permanently due to bankruptcy.
• 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.
• Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport handled 8,357,384 passengers last year.
• In November 2001 the airport was renamed after Norman Yoshio Mineta, a native of San Jose, its former mayor and congressman, former United States Secretary of Commerce and former United States Secretary of Transportation.
• 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.
• SJC suffered with many mid-tier airports during the 2008 rise in oil prices as airlines reduced marginal services.
• 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 (SJC) has 3 runways.
• In the summer of 2009 American Airlines ended flights to Austin, Texas.
• 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.
• In 1990 San Jose International Airport greatly expanded with the opening of Terminal A.
• In the early 1980s San Jose International Airport was one of the first U.S airports to participate in the noise regulation program enacted by the U.S.