Nonstop flight route between Osorno, Chile and Santa Ana, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS), Osorno, Chile and MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,868 miles (or 9,444 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 Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport and MCAS El Toro, 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 Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport and MCAS El Toro. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZOS / SCJO |
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Location: | Osorno, Chile |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°36'41"S by 73°3'38"W |
Area Served: | Osorno, Chile |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 187 feet (57 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZOS |
More Information: | ZOS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NZJ / KNZJ |
Airport Name: | MCAS El Toro |
Location: | Santa Ana, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°40'33"N by 117°43'51"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Marine Corps |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 383 feet (117 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from NZJ |
More Information: | NZJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS):
- Because of Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport's relatively low elevation of 187 feet, planes can take off or land at Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert 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 furthest airport from Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (meaning Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,923 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
- Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) is Frutillar Airport (FRT), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) S of ZOS.
- In addition to being known as "Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport", another name for ZOS is "Aeródromo Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert".
Facts about MCAS El Toro (NZJ):
- MCAS El Toro (NZJ) has 5 runways.
- The closest airport to MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is John Wayne Airport (SNA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of NZJ.
- Over the years, the VOCs had seeped into the groundwater, resulting in a plume of contaminated groundwater extending for three miles to the west of the station.
- Because of MCAS El Toro's relatively low elevation of 383 feet, planes can take off or land at MCAS El Toro 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.
- Those against the airport proposal were largely residents of the cities in the immediate vicinity of El Toro, such as Irvine, Lake Forest, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Dana Point, and Mission Viejo, where residents were alarmed at the idea of the aircraft noise.
- The furthest airport from MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,486 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The base headquarters was established on November 4, 1942 and the first landing occurred in late November when a Major Micheal Carmichael, flying from Camp Kearny, was forced to make an emergency landing among the construction equipment.
- The closing of MCAS El Toro ignited a political firestorm over the eventual fate of the facility.