Nonstop flight route between Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and San Angelo, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and San Angelo Regional Airport (SJT), San Angelo, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,979 miles (or 8,012 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 San Angelo Regional 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 San Angelo Regional 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):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
• The terminal is split into three zones.
• There's currently another terminal under construction on the west of the airport.
• At 1:15 PM on 27 March 1977, a bomb planted by the Movement for the Independence and Autonomy of the Canaries Archipelago exploded in a florist's shop on the terminal concourse.
• 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.
• The airport has one terminal which opened in March 1973.
• 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 closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of LPA.
• Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.
• The airport was an official alternative landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle, before the ending of Space Shuttle programme in July 2011.
• Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.

Facts about San Angelo Regional Airport (SJT):

• The furthest airport from San Angelo Regional Airport (SJT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,153 miles (17,949 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to San Angelo Regional Airport (SJT) is Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) NE of SJT.
• In addition to being known as "San Angelo Regional Airport", other names for SJT include "Mathis Field" and "San Angelo Army Airfield".
• The airport was later renamed in honor of local Jack W.
• A little more than 150 aircraft are based at airport.
• San Angelo Regional Airport (SJT) has 3 runways.
• Many new services have been constructed since 2008 to replace or add convenience to the general aviation public.