Nonstop flight route between Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tenerife North Airport (TFN), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,443 miles (or 7,151 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 Tenerife North Airport and Offutt Air Force Base, 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 Tenerife North Airport and Offutt Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TFN / GCXO |
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Location: | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°28'58"N by 16°20'30"W |
Area Served: | Tenerife |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2077 feet (633 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TFN |
More Information: | TFN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OFF / KOFF |
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Location: | Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°7'9"N by 95°54'30"W |
View all routes: | Routes from OFF |
More Information: | OFF Maps & Info |
Facts about Tenerife North Airport (TFN):
- The furthest airport from Tenerife North Airport (TFN) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Tenerife North Airport (meaning Tenerife North Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
- Tenerife North Airport (TFN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Tenerife North Airport handled 3,717,944 passengers last year.
- In May 1930, the Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas S.A.
- Tenerife North Airport was the scene of the Tenerife airport disaster, to date the worst accident in aviation history.
- In addition to being known as "Tenerife North Airport", another name for TFN is "Aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte".
- The closest airport to Tenerife North Airport (TFN) is Tenerife-South Airport (TFS), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) SSW of TFN.
- Many years before the airport had even been built, the field at Los Rodeos was hastily prepared to accommodate the first flight into Tenerife operated by an Arado VI aircraft operating from Berlin on behalf of Deutsche Luft Hansa.
- After the final location of the airport had been decided, funds were gathered between 1935 and 1939 to build a small hangar and begin expanding the airstrip which would become Los Rodeos.
Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):
- Production switched to B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers in 1944, and 531 Superfortresses were produced before the end of World War II.
- In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
- The furthest airport from Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,677 miles (17,183 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The Air Force Weather Agency is headquartered at Offutt AFB.
- The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
- To provide air defense of the base, the United States Army established the Offutt AFB Defense Area and Nike-Hercules Surface-to-air missile sites were constructed during 1959.