Nonstop flight route between Alicante, Spain and Liverpool, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC), Alicante, Spain and Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), Liverpool, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,046 miles (or 1,683 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 relatively short distance between Alicante-Elche Airport and Liverpool John Lennon Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC):

• 1D means Dock, P stands for Processor.
• New car parking was opened in 2011 together with the new terminal.
• The closest airport to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) is Murcia–San Javier Airport (MJV), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) SSW of ALC.
• The furthest airport from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is nearly antipodal to Alicante-Elche Airport (meaning Alicante-Elche Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gisborne Airport), and is located 12,353 miles (19,881 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
• Because of Alicante-Elche Airport's relatively low elevation of 141 feet, planes can take off or land at Alicante-Elche 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 terminal has an area of 333,500 m2, which is more than six times the size of terminals 1 and 2 together.
• In 2011, Alicante Airport handled 9,913,764 passengers, 75,572 flight operations and 3,011 tonnes of cargo, making it the busiest airport in the Valencian Community by passenger numbers, and one of the 50 busiest in Europe.
• In 2011, the new terminal was opened at the airport increasing the annual airport capacity to 20 million passengers per year.
• In addition to being known as "Alicante-Elche Airport", other names for ALC include "Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche" and "Aeroport d'Alacant-Elx".
• Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL):

• Built in part of the grounds of Speke Hall, Liverpool Airport, as the airport was originally known, started scheduled flights in 1930 with a service by Imperial Airways via Barton Aerodrome near Eccles, Manchester and Castle Bromwich Aerodrome Birmingham to Croydon Airport near London.
• The closest airport to Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) is Chester Hawarden Airport Hawarden Airport (CEG), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of LPL.
• Because of Liverpool John Lennon Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Liverpool John Lennon 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.
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport handled 4,187,493 passengers last year.
• The Hampton by Hilton Liverpool John Lennon Airport is one of three Hilton Worldwide hotels in Liverpool.
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) currently has only 1 runway.
• 2002 saw the airport being renamed in honour of John Lennon, a founding member of The Beatles, 22 years after Lennon's death.
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport is within Merseytravel Area C, like the remainder of Liverpool, for local public transport tickets.
• On 8 October 1940, Speke was witness to what is thought to be the fastest air-to-air combat "kill" in the Battle of Britain and possibly of all time.
• The furthest airport from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,839 miles (19,053 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.