Nonstop flight route between Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Atbasar, Kazakhstan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Atbasar (ATX), Atbasar, Kazakhstan would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,468 miles (or 7,191 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 Gran Canaria Airport and Atbasar, 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 Gran Canaria Airport and Atbasar. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LPA / GCLP |
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Location: | Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°55'54"N by 15°23'12"W |
Area Served: | Gran Canaria |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 78 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LPA |
More Information: | LPA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ATX / |
Airport Name: | Atbasar |
Location: | Atbasar, Kazakhstan |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°51'6"N by 68°21'47"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1010 feet (308 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ATX |
More Information: | ATX Maps & Info |
Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):
- The closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of LPA.
- There is an airbase of the Spanish Air Force to the east of the runways.
- There's currently another terminal under construction on the west of the airport.
- In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
- In 1919, Frenchman Pierre George Latécoère was granted clearance from the French & Spanish governments to establish an airline route between Toulouse & Casablanca.
- Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.
- On 18 February 1988, Binter Canarias announced that the airline's main base was to be established at Gran Canaria.
- The furthest airport from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Gran Canaria Airport (meaning Gran Canaria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
- The deployment base of Gando Air Base is the Lanzarote Military Airfield.
- Because of Gran Canaria Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Gran Canaria 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.
- Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.
- The airport opened on 7 April 1930, after King Alfonso XIII signed a royal order announcing that the military air force installations on the Bay of Gando would become a civilian airfield.
Facts about Atbasar (ATX):
- Atbasar (ATX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Atbasar (ATX) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 10,785 miles (17,356 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.
- The closest airport to Atbasar (ATX) is Kokshetau Airport (KOV), which is located 115 miles (184 kilometers) NNE of ATX.