Nonstop flight route between Santa Ana, California, United States and Totness, Coronie, Suriname:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States and Totness Airstrip (TOT), Totness, Coronie, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,358 miles (or 7,013 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 MCAS El Toro and Totness Airstrip, 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 MCAS El Toro and Totness Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TOT / SMCO |
Airport Name: | Totness Airstrip |
Location: | Totness, Coronie, Suriname |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°51'56"N by 56°19'39"W |
Operator/Owner: | Luchtvaartdienst Suriname |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from TOT |
More Information: | TOT Maps & Info |
Facts about MCAS El Toro (NZJ):
- The closest airport to MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is John Wayne Airport (SNA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of NZJ.
- 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.
- MCAS El Toro (NZJ) has 5 runways.
- 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 closing of MCAS El Toro ignited a political firestorm over the eventual fate of the facility.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Totness Airstrip (TOT):
- The furthest airport from Totness Airstrip (TOT) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Totness Airstrip (meaning Totness Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Totness Airstrip (TOT) is Wageningen Airstrip (AGI), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) WSW of TOT.