Nonstop flight route between Burketown, Queensland, Australia and Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Burketown Airport (BUC), Burketown, Queensland, Australia and Lanzarote Airport (ACE), Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,572 miles (or 17,013 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 Burketown Airport and Lanzarote 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 Burketown Airport and Lanzarote Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Burketown Airport (BUC):

• Burketown Airport (BUC) has 2 runways.
• Because of Burketown Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Burketown 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 Burketown Airport (BUC) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,423 miles (18,384 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• The closest airport to Burketown Airport (BUC) is Doomadgee Airport (DMD), which is located 49 miles (78 kilometers) WSW of BUC.

Facts about Lanzarote Airport (ACE):

• Because of Lanzarote Airport's relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Lanzarote 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 Lanzarote Airport (ACE) is Fuerteventura Airport (FUE), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SSW of ACE.
• Lanzarote Airport (ACE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Lanzarote Airport", another name for ACE is "Aeropuerto de Lanzarote".
• Lanzarote Airport handled 5,334,598 passengers last year.
• Lanzarote Airport, also known as Arrecife Airport, is the airport serving the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.
• The furthest airport from Lanzarote Airport (ACE) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Lanzarote Airport (meaning Lanzarote Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,343 miles (19,865 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
• In 2002, in response to interest from both tourists and local people about the island's aviation heritage, Aena decided to use the Guacimeta passenger terminal as an aviation museum.