Nonstop flight route between Istanbul, Turkey and Almería, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST), Istanbul, Turkey and Almería Airport (LEI), Almería, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,691 miles (or 2,722 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 Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Almería Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST):

• The Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers lists Atatürk International Airport as one of the fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey, a list of remarkable engineering projects completed in the first 50 years of the chamber's existence.
• Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST) has 3 runways.
• In the 2013 Air Transport News awards ceremony, İstanbul Atatürk Airport was named Airport of the Year.
• The furthest airport from Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,155 miles (17,953 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• A third big airport is being planned in order to meet Istanbul's growing domestic and international air traffic demand as a source, destination and transit point.
• Inaugurated in 2000, the new international terminal is an efficient and modern terminal.
• Because of Istanbul Atatürk Airport's relatively low elevation of 163 feet, planes can take off or land at Istanbul Atatürk 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.
• TAV started its construction at the airport for new boarding gates at international terminal as well as building a new air traffic control tower.
• Atatürk shares traffic with Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, which is on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, which had annual passenger traffic of just 11.1 million in 2010.
• In addition to being known as "Istanbul Atatürk Airport", another name for IST is "İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı".
• The closest airport to Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST) is İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of IST.

Facts about Almería Airport (LEI):

• The closest airport to Almería Airport (LEI) is Granada Airport (GRX), which is located 81 miles (131 kilometers) WNW of LEI.
• In addition to being known as "Almería Airport", another name for LEI is "Aeropuerto de Almería".
• The furthest airport from Almería Airport (LEI) is Whakatane Airport (WHK), which is nearly antipodal to Almería Airport (meaning Almería Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whakatane Airport), and is located 12,353 miles (19,880 kilometers) away in Whakatane, New Zealand.
• Because of Almería Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Almería 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.
• Almería Airport (LEI) currently has only 1 runway.