Nonstop flight route between El Prat de Llobregat (near Barcelona), Spain and Oran, Algeria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN), El Prat de Llobregat (near Barcelona), Spain and Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF), Oran, Algeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 422 miles (or 679 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport and Oran Tafaraoui Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BCN / LEBL |
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Location: | El Prat de Llobregat (near Barcelona), Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°17'48"N by 2°4'41"E |
Area Served: | Barcelona, Spain |
Operator/Owner: | Aena |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 14 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BCN |
More Information: | BCN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TAF / DAOL |
Airport Name: | Oran Tafaraoui Airport |
Location: | Oran, Algeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°32'27"N by 0°32'2"W |
Area Served: | Oran, Algeria |
Operator/Owner: | People’s National Army |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 367 feet (112 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TAF |
More Information: | TAF Maps & Info |
Facts about Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN):
- Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Barcelona–El Prat Airport", another name for BCN is "Aeroport de Barcelona–El Prat".
- Because of Barcelona–El Prat Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Barcelona–El Prat 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 forecast is that the airport will be able to handle 55 million passengers annually and will reach 90 operations an hour.
- The furthest airport from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (meaning Barcelona–El Prat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,248 miles (19,711 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona public bus line 46 runs from Plaça Espanya.
- The closest airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) is Sabadell Airport (QSA), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) N of BCN.
- A new control tower was opened in 2006.
Facts about Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF):
- Because of Oran Tafaraoui Airport's relatively low elevation of 367 feet, planes can take off or land at Oran Tafaraoui 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 new desert Spitfires of the 31st Fighter Group were also assigned to Tafaraoui.
- Oran Tafaraoui Airport is a joint civil/military airport in Oran Province, Algeria.
- Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF) is Es-Sénia – Ben Bella Airport (ORN), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) NW of TAF.
- The furthest airport from Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF) is Whakatane Airport (WHK), which is nearly antipodal to Oran Tafaraoui Airport (meaning Oran Tafaraoui Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whakatane Airport), and is located 12,220 miles (19,666 kilometers) away in Whakatane, New Zealand.