Nonstop flight route between Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Port-au-Prince, Haiti:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), Port-au-Prince, Haiti would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,639 miles (or 5,856 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 Toussaint L'Ouverture International 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 Gran Canaria Airport and Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):

• In 1919, Frenchman Pierre George Latécoère was granted clearance from the French & Spanish governments to establish an airline route between Toulouse & Casablanca.
• In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
• Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.
• There is an airbase of the Spanish Air Force to the east of the runways.
• Currently Gran Canaria airport is under renovation.
• 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 Canary Islands Air Command is based in the city of Las Palmas.
• The closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of LPA.
• The airport was an official alternative landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle, before the ending of Space Shuttle programme in July 2011.
• The airport can be reached by several island roads from all points in the island.
• 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.

Facts about Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP):

• Because of Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport's relatively low elevation of 109 feet, planes can take off or land at Toussaint L'Ouverture International 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.
• Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,953 miles (19,236 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• Currently, international passengers are transported by bus to a warehouse near the terminal where they go through customs and immigration processing.
• As of July 2011, Toussaint Louverture serves as operating hub for scheduled domestic airlines Salsa d'Haiti and Tortug' Air.
• The closest airport to Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) is Jacmel Airport (JAK), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of PAP.