Nonstop flight route between Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Warsaw, Poland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW), Warsaw, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,509 miles (or 4,038 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 Historic Centre of Warsaw, 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 Historic Centre of Warsaw. 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):

• 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 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 (LPA) has 2 runways.
• The airport can be reached by several island roads from all points in the island.
• 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.
• In 2011 it handled over 10.5 million passengers, an 11.1% increase compared to 2010, and 23,7 million tonnes of cargo.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".

Facts about Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW):

• In 1700, the Great Northern War broke out.
• The furthest airport from Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,446 miles (18,420 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Warsaw's name in the Polish language is Warszawa - pronounced Varshava -, means "belonging to Warsz", Warsz being a shortened form of the masculine name of Slavic origin Warcisław.
• The plain moraine plateau has only a few natural and artificial ponds and also groups of clay pits.
• Warsaw was occupied by Germany from August 4, 1915 until November 1918.
• By July 1944, the Red Army was deep into Polish territory and pursuing the Germans toward Warsaw.
• The closest airport to Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW) is Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SSW of WRW.