Nonstop flight route between Port Bailey, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States and León, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Port Bailey Seaplane Base (KPY), Port Bailey, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States and León Airport (LEN), León, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,242 miles (or 8,436 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 Port Bailey Seaplane Base 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 Port Bailey Seaplane Base and León Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Port Bailey Seaplane Base (KPY):

• Because of Port Bailey Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Bailey Seaplane Base 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.
• Port Bailey Seaplane Base is a public use seaplane base located in Port Bailey, in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S.
• The furthest airport from Port Bailey Seaplane Base (KPY) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,781 miles (17,351 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Port Bailey Seaplane Base (KPY) is Port Lions Airport (ORI), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of KPY.
• Port Bailey Seaplane Base (KPY) currently has only 1 runway.
• Scheduled passenger service to Kodiak, Alaska, is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.

Facts about León Airport (LEN):

• León Airport (LEN) has 2 runways.
• In 2007 a 3000 m new runway was inaugurated.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "León Airport", another name for LEN is "Aeropuerto de León".
• The aerodrome was located one kilometre north of the village of Virgen del Camino and seven kilometres south of the city of Leon, an area of hard flat land dedicated to pasture, and its navigation aids comprised a marking in the middle of the airfield and a windsock.
• León Airport handled 30,890 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to León Airport (LEN) is Asturias Airport (OVD), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) NNW of LEN.