Nonstop flight route between Goroka, Papua New Guinea and León, Spain:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Goroka Airport (GKA), Goroka, Papua New Guinea and León Airport (LEN), León, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,357 miles (or 15,058 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 Goroka Airport and León 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 Goroka Airport and León Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GKA / AYGA |
Airport Name: | Goroka Airport |
Location: | Goroka, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°4'54"S by 145°23'30"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5282 feet (1,610 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GKA |
More Information: | GKA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LEN / LELN |
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Location: | León, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°35'20"N by 5°39'20"W |
Area Served: | León, Spain |
Operator/Owner: | Aena |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3005 feet (916 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LEN |
More Information: | LEN Maps & Info |
Facts about Goroka Airport (GKA):
- Goroka Airport (GKA) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Goroka Airport (GKA) is Chimbu Airport (CMU), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) W of GKA.
- The furthest airport from Goroka Airport (GKA) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,734 miles (18,884 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- Because of Goroka Airport's high elevation of 5,282 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GKA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GKA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about León Airport (LEN):
- The closest airport to León Airport (LEN) is Asturias Airport (OVD), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) NNW of LEN.
- León Airport (LEN) has 2 runways.
- León Airport handled 30,890 passengers last year.
- In 1964 Leon Airport was opened to commercial traffic.
- In addition to being known as "León Airport", another name for LEN is "Aeropuerto de León".
- The furthest airport from León Airport (LEN) is Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ), which is nearly antipodal to León Airport (meaning León Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kaikoura Aerodrome), and is located 12,397 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Kaikoura, New Zealand.