Nonstop flight route between A Coruña, Spain and Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between A Coruña Airport (LCG), A Coruña, Spain and Falalop Airfield (ULI), Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,243 miles (or 13,267 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 A Coruña Airport and Falalop Airfield, 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 A Coruña Airport and Falalop Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LCG / LECO |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | A Coruña, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°18'6"N by 8°22'37"W |
Area Served: | A Coruña, Galicia, Spain |
Operator/Owner: | Aena |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 328 feet (100 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LCG |
More Information: | LCG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ULI / |
Airport Name: | Falalop Airfield |
Location: | Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°1'14"N by 139°47'22"E |
View all routes: | Routes from ULI |
More Information: | ULI Maps & Info |
Facts about A Coruña Airport (LCG):
- A Coruña Airport (LCG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The first airport was built on the Alvedro meseta in the municipality of Culleredo.
- In addition to being known as "A Coruña Airport", another name for LCG is "Aeroporto da Coruña-Alvedro".
- The closest airport to A Coruña Airport (LCG) is Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) S of LCG.
- Because of A Coruña Airport's relatively low elevation of 328 feet, planes can take off or land at A Coruña 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 A Coruña Airport (LCG) is Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG), which is nearly antipodal to A Coruña Airport (meaning A Coruña Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ashburton Aerodrome), and is located 12,394 miles (19,947 kilometers) away in Ashburton, New Zealand.
- During 1964, Aviaco operated a Vigo-A Coruña-Santander-San Sebastián-Barcelona line served by Convair 440s.
- Current and future projects include the expansion of parking facilities, an upgrade of the ILS system from Category II to Category III, a short runway expansion, and expanded aircraft parking facilities.
Facts about Falalop Airfield (ULI):
- The furthest airport from Falalop Airfield (ULI) is Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Falalop Airfield (meaning Falalop Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,931 kilometers) away in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- On 7 December 1944 a detachment of two PBYs of VPB-23 was deployed to Falalop for air-sea rescue missions.
- The closest airport to Falalop Airfield (ULI) is Yap International Airport (YAP), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) WSW of ULI.
- Units stationed at Falalop included VMD-354 operating photo-reconnaissance F4Us and VMF-542 operating F6F-3N night-fighters.
- Fleet Air Wing One was based at Falalop from 15 October until 30 December 1944 when it was relocated to Saipan.