Nonstop flight route between Cajamarca, Peru and Santa Maria, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA), Cajamarca, Peru and Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX), Santa Maria, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,988 miles (or 6,419 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 Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias and Santa Maria Public 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 Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias and Santa Maria Public Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CJA / SPJR |
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Location: | Cajamarca, Peru |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°8'21"S by 78°29'21"W |
Area Served: | Cajamarca, Peru |
Operator/Owner: | ADP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8781 feet (2,676 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CJA |
More Information: | CJA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMX / KSMX |
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Location: | Santa Maria, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°53'56"N by 120°27'26"W |
Area Served: | Santa Maria, California |
Operator/Owner: | Santa Maria Public Airport District |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 261 feet (80 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SMX |
More Information: | SMX Maps & Info |
Facts about Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA):
- Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA) is Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) SSW of CJA.
- In addition to being known as "Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias", another name for CJA is "Aeropuerto Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias".
- Because of Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias's high elevation of 8,781 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CJA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CJA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA) is Pattani Airport (PAN), which is nearly antipodal to Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (meaning Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pattani Airport), and is located 12,402 miles (19,959 kilometers) away in Pattani, Thailand.
Facts about Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX):
- The furthest airport from Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,466 miles (18,453 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) has 2 runways.
- Santa Maria Public Airport is three miles south of Santa Maria, in northern Santa Barbara County, California.
- In addition to being known as "Santa Maria Public Airport", another name for SMX is "Capt. G. Allan Hancock FieldSanta Maria Army Airfield".
- The closest airport to Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) is Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSW of SMX.
- Besides the current Allegiant jet service, SkyWest Airlines operating as United Express via a code sharing agreement with United Airlines flies Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turboprops and sometimes Bombardier CRJ-200 Regional Jet nonstop to Los Angeles that served the airport for many years.
- Because of Santa Maria Public Airport's relatively low elevation of 261 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Maria Public 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.
- At one point during the early 1980's Swift Aire Lines, which was based at the nearby San Luis Obispo Airport, was the only airline flying nonstop between Santa Maria and Los Angeles, primarily with Fokker F27 Friendship turboprops which the carrier had purchased new from the manufacturer.
- The original Allan Hancock Field was established in 1927 at another location, between Jones Street to the north, Stowell Road to the south, Bradley Road to the east and Miller Street to the west.
- During its use by the military Santa Maria AAF also controlled Estrella Army Airfield, near Paso Robles as an auxiliary airfield to support the pilot training activity.