Nonstop flight route between Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and Pond Inlet Airport (YIO), Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,826 miles (or 6,157 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 Pond Inlet 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 Pond Inlet Airport. 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: | YIO / CYIO |
Airport Name: | Pond Inlet Airport |
Location: | Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 72°41'21"N by 77°58'8"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Nunavut |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 202 feet (62 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YIO |
More Information: | YIO Maps & Info |
Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):
- Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.
- 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 airport is located in the eastern part of Gran Canaria on the Bay of Gando, 19 km south of center of the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and 25 km from the popular tourist areas in the south.
- 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".
- 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.
- 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.
- In 1946, the old passenger terminal opened, which took two years to build.
- There is an airbase of the Spanish Air Force to the east of the runways.
- The airport has one terminal which opened in March 1973.
- 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.
Facts about Pond Inlet Airport (YIO):
- The furthest airport from Pond Inlet Airport (YIO) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 9,903 miles (15,938 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- The closest airport to Pond Inlet Airport (YIO) is Nanisivik Airport (YSR), which is located 137 miles (220 kilometers) WNW of YIO.
- Pond Inlet Airport (YIO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Pond Inlet Airport's relatively low elevation of 202 feet, planes can take off or land at Pond Inlet 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.