Nonstop flight route between Los Roques, Venezuela and Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Los Roques Airport (LRV), Los Roques, Venezuela and Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,482 miles (or 5,603 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 Los Roques Airport and Gran Canaria 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 Los Roques Airport and Gran Canaria Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Los Roques Airport (LRV):

• The closest airport to Los Roques Airport (LRV) is Maiquetía "Simón Bolívar" International Airport (CCS), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) SSW of LRV.
• In addition to being known as "Los Roques Airport", another name for LRV is "Aeropuerto Los Roques".
• Because of Los Roques Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Los Roques 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.
• Los Roques Airport (LRV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Los Roques Airport (LRV) is Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), which is nearly antipodal to Los Roques Airport (meaning Los Roques Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)), and is located 12,183 miles (19,607 kilometers) away in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):

• Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.
• 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.
• Military activity was most intense during the mid 1970s, at the time of the crisis of decolonisation of Western Sahara and its occupation by Morocco.
• The closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of 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.
• Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
• There's currently another terminal under construction on the west of the airport.
• 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.