Nonstop flight route between Fort Collins/Loveland, Colorado, United States and Alajeró / San Sebastián, Canary Islands, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL), Fort Collins/Loveland, Colorado, United States and La Gomera Airport (GMZ), Alajeró / San Sebastián, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,884 miles (or 7,860 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 Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport and La Gomera 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 Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport and La Gomera Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL):

• Fort Collins–Loveland Municipal Airport is a public use airport located nine nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Fort Collins and northeast of Loveland, both cities in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
• FNL opened in 1964 under joint agreement and ownership by Loveland and Fort Collins.
• Fort Collins–Loveland Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,065 acres at an elevation of 5,016 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,850 miles (17,462 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL) is Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of FNL.
• Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL) has 2 runways.
• Because of Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,016 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FNL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FNL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• FNL is jointly owned and operated by the two cities of Loveland and Fort Collins.

Facts about La Gomera Airport (GMZ):

• Although the runway was completed in 1994, the terminal did not open until 1999.
• In addition to being known as "La Gomera Airport", another name for GMZ is "La Gomera Airport ODB".
• The closest airport to La Gomera Airport (GMZ) is Tenerife-South Airport (TFS), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) E of GMZ.
• La Gomera Airport (GMZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of La Gomera Airport's relatively low elevation of 716 feet, planes can take off or land at La Gomera 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.
• At the end of 1997, all is ready to begin with the works and, at the end of 1994 the arifield had a runway, an aircraft parking and a taxi way to the runway.
• The furthest airport from La Gomera Airport (GMZ) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to La Gomera Airport (meaning La Gomera Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,116 miles (19,499 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.