Nonstop flight route between Málaga, Spain and San Diego, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Málaga Airport (AGP), Málaga, Spain and San Diego International Airport (SAN), San Diego, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,970 miles (or 9,608 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 Málaga Airport and San Diego International 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 Málaga Airport and San Diego International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Málaga Airport (AGP):

• The closest airport to Málaga Airport (AGP) is Granada Airport (GRX), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) NE of AGP.
• Málaga Airport handled 12,922,403 passengers last year.
• The terminal is due to be refurbished, and has received new check-in desks, along with a new baggage reclaim carousel.
• On 26 February 2009, Ándalus Líneas Aéreas started operations from Málaga, but then ceased opeartons in August 2010.
• In 1997 an enlargement of the parking of gates was built and fuel systems were added at all the gates.
• Málaga Airport (AGP) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Málaga Airport", another name for AGP is "Aeropuerto de Malaga".
• In November 2011, Helitt Líneas Aéreas opened their base at Málaga, operating flights to Melilla Airport.
• The airport was given its current title in 1965.
• The furthest airport from Málaga Airport (AGP) is Coromandel Aerodrome (CMV), which is nearly antipodal to Málaga Airport (meaning Málaga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coromandel Aerodrome), and is located 12,429 miles (20,002 kilometers) away in Coromandel, New Zealand.
• Because of Málaga Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Málaga 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.

Facts about San Diego International Airport (SAN):

• In February 2008, San Diego International Airport was one of the first major airports in the U.S.
• The closest airport to San Diego International Airport (SAN) is NAS North Island (NZY), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of SAN.
• San Diego International is the busiest single-runway commercial airport in the United States, and the second-busiest single-use runway in the world after London Gatwick with about 550 departures and arrivals carrying 50,000 passengers each day, and a total of 17,250,269 passengers in 2012.
• San Diego International Airport (SAN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "San Diego International Airport", another name for SAN is "Lindbergh Field".
• The Army Air Corps took over the field in 1942, improving it to handle the heavy bombers being manufactured in the region.
• The furthest airport from San Diego International Airport (SAN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,540 miles (18,571 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Runway 27, is a localizer-only approach and is unusable for landing when visibility drops below about 2 miles.
• Because of San Diego International Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at San Diego International 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.
• Most takeoffs and landings at SAN are from east to west.