Nonstop flight route between St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between St. John's International Airport (YYT), St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,817 miles (or 4,533 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 St. John's International Airport and Santa Fe Municipal 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 St. John's International Airport and Santa Fe Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about St. John's International Airport (YYT):

• St. John's International Airport handled 1,318,713 passengers last year.
• Because of St. John's International Airport's relatively low elevation of 461 feet, planes can take off or land at St. John's 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.
• St. John's International Airport (YYT) has 3 runways.
• The airport was designated as one of five Canadian airports suitable as an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle orbiter.
• The furthest airport from St. John's International Airport (YYT) is Portland Airport (PTJ), which is located 11,475 miles (18,467 kilometers) away in Portland, Victoria, Australia.
• The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
• The closest airport to St. John's International Airport (YYT) is Gander International Airport (YQX), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) NW of YYT.
• WestJet Airlines has announced that Seasonal Service to Dublin Ireland will commence starting June 15, 2014 through October 5th 2014.
• Concern was expressed as early as September 1939 in the Canadian Parliament for the security of Newfoundland in the event of a German raid or attack.

Facts about Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF):

• Santa Fe Municipal Airport covers 2,128 acres at an elevation of 6,348 feet above mean sea level.
• Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,167 miles (17,972 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Trans World Airlines had a flight a day each way until 1960.
• Currently, American Eagle operates Embraer ERJ-140 and ERJ-145 regional jets on all of its nonstop flights between Santa Fe and Dallas/Ft.
• The closest airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Los Alamos Airport (LAM), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of SAF.
• Because of Santa Fe Municipal Airport's high elevation of 6,348 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SAF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SAF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The airport had nonstop and direct Douglas DC-9s to Dallas Love Field, continuing to Houston, on Texas International Airlines, and nonstop to Phoenix, AZ on America West Express Beechcraft 1900Cs operated by Mesa Airlines.
• On December 19, 2012, it was announced that ExpressJet Airlines, operating as United Express on behalf of United Airlines, would initiate double daily regional jet service to Denver International Airport beginning May 1, 2013.
• The airport had seen an increase in airline flights in recent years, with 43,329 passenger boardings in calendar year 2011 and 47,847 in 2012.