Nonstop flight route between Calgary, Alberta, Canada and San José, Costa Rica:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Calgary International Airport (YYC), Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO), San José, Costa Rica would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,304 miles (or 5,317 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 Calgary International Airport and Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), 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 Calgary International Airport and Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Calgary International Airport (YYC):

• The closest airport to Calgary International Airport (YYC) is Banff Airport (YBA), which is located 66 miles (107 kilometers) W of YYC.
• The furthest airport from Calgary International Airport (YYC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,372 miles (16,692 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Construction of the new runway resulted in April 2011 in the permanent closure of Barlow Trail and McCall Way's connections between Airport Road and McKnight Boulevard to the south.
• When built, the International Terminal will feature 22 gates.
• Apron II is the main cargo facility at the airport which can park up to four Boeing 747s.
• Calgary International Airport serves as headquarters for WestJet and as a hub airport for Air Canada and Air Canada Express.
• Calgary International Airport, originally named McCall Field, is the international airport that serves Calgary, Alberta, Canada and the surrounding region.
• The long runway length can be attributed to the relatively high elevation, previously 3,557 ft and now 3,606 ft, of the airport and the need to support the largest passenger aircraft types.
• Calgary International Airport (YYC) has 4 runways.

Facts about Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO):

• The furthest airport from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (meaning Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,270 miles (19,746 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)", another name for SJO is "Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría".
• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) currently has only 1 runway.
• In July 2009 Alterra yielded the contract to a consortium composed of Houston-based Canadian-American company ADC & HAS and the Brazilian company, Andrade Gutierrez Concessoes - subsidiary of the conglomerate Andrade Gutierrez.
• The airport was built to replace the previous one in downtown San Jose where Parque La Sabana is located today.
• Only passengers that show a ticket are allowed to enter the terminal.
• The closest airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) (SJO) is Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) ESE of SJO.
• The major operator in the airport is Avianca, followed by Copa Airlines.
• Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) handled 4,257,606 passengers last year.
• Gates 13, 14, 15, and 16