Nonstop flight route between Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,678 miles (or 10,747 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 Gran Canaria Airport and Teniente Rodolfo Marsh 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 Gran Canaria Airport and Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):

• The furthest airport from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Gran Canaria Airport (meaning Gran Canaria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
• Gran Canaria's main motorway GC1 runs past the airport providing transport links to Las Palmas in the North and to the tourist resorts in the South.
• In October 1991, the terminal was enlarged with improved facilities so it could handle more passengers.
• Currently Gran Canaria airport is under renovation.
• Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.
• In 1963, improvements to the airport were made.
• In 1970, work began on the current passenger terminal that is being used to operate flights today.
• The airport has one terminal which opened in March 1973.
• In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
• Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.
• Because of Gran Canaria Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Gran Canaria 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 closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of LPA.

Facts about Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM):

• Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM) is Ushuaia International Airport (USH), which is located 607 miles (978 kilometers) NW of TNM.
• In addition to being known as "Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport", other names for TNM include "Villa Las Estrellas Airport", "Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Aeropuerto" and "Villa Las Estrellas Aeropuerto".
• Because of Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport's relatively low elevation of 147 feet, planes can take off or land at Teniente Rodolfo Marsh 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 Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM) is Verkhnevilyuysk Airport (VHV), which is nearly antipodal to Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (meaning Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Verkhnevilyuysk Airport), and is located 12,346 miles (19,869 kilometers) away in Verkhnevilyuysk, Woehee Bueluue District, Sakha Republic, Russia.