Nonstop flight route between Zadar, Croatia and Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zadar Airport (ZAD), Zadar, Croatia and Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,818 miles (or 9,364 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 Zadar 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 Zadar 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 Zadar Airport (ZAD):

• Zadar Airport (ZAD) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Zadar Airport (ZAD) is Lošinj Airport (LSZ), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) NW of ZAD.
• The furthest airport from Zadar Airport (ZAD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,850 miles (19,070 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Zadar Airport's relatively low elevation of 289 feet, planes can take off or land at Zadar 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 airport served as a former base for Lufthansa's flight school InterCockpit and it still serves as a Croatian Air Force main training base.
• In addition to being known as "Zadar Airport", other names for ZAD include "Zemunik" and "Zračna luka Zadar/Zemunik".

Facts about Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF):

• On July 27, 2009 American Eagle announced a second daily flight to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
• 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.
• In June 2007 the airport was upgraded to Class 1 to allow regional jet flights.
• 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.
• 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 closest airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Los Alamos Airport (LAM), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of SAF.
• On February 28, 2011, it was announced that the third daily flight to Dallas-Fort Worth would return in April as planned, and that a fourth daily flight would begin in July 2011.
• After initially extending the deadline for closure to June 15, 2013, on May 10 the FAA announced that all federal contract towers previously threatened with closure in 2013 would remain open through September 30, the end of the 2013 fiscal year, using previously unallocated funds in the agency's general budget.
• Trans World Airlines had a flight a day each way until 1960.
• Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) has 3 runways.