Nonstop flight route between Madrid, Spain and Dallas, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD), Madrid, Spain and Dallas Love Field (DAL), Dallas, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,948 miles (or 7,963 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] and Dallas Love Field, 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] and Dallas Love Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD):

• In the 1950s, the airport supported over half a million passengers, increasing to 5 runways and scheduled flights to New York City began.
• Barajas was voted "Best Airport" in the 2008 Condé Nast Traveller Reader Awards.
• The Nuevos Ministerios metro station allowed checking-in right by the AZCA business area in central Madrid, but this convenience has been suspended indefinitely after the building of Terminal 4.
• Terminal 4, designed by Antonio Lamela and Richard Rogers, and TPS Engineers, was built by Ferrovial and inaugurated on 5 February 2006.
• The closest airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD) is Madrid–Torrejón Airport (TOJ), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ENE of MAD.
• Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD) is Palmerston North Airport (PMR), which is nearly antipodal to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (meaning Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Palmerston North Airport), and is located 12,392 miles (19,943 kilometers) away in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
• During the construction of Terminal 4, two more runways were constructed to aid in the flow of air traffic arriving and departing from Barajas.
• In addition to being known as "Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1]", another name for MAD is "Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas".
• Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] handled 39,729,027 passengers last year.
• The Madrid–Barcelona air shuttle service, known as the "Puente Aéreo", literally called "Air Bridge", is the second busiest air route in Europe after İstanbul Atatürk and İzmir, with the highest number of flight operations in 2012.

Facts about Dallas Love Field (DAL):

• Dallas Love Field (DAL) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Dallas Love Field (DAL) is Addison Airport (ADS), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) N of DAL.
• Johnson's car pulled directly up to the plane, and he was covered by Secret Service agents and rushed up the stairs to board the aircraft quickly, as there were fears that he was also an assassination target.
• Southwest Airlines' corporate headquarters is at Love Field, and Dallas is a focus city for them.
• Because of Dallas Love Field's relatively low elevation of 487 feet, planes can take off or land at Dallas Love Field 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 furthest airport from Dallas Love Field (DAL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,918 miles (17,571 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Dallas Love Field handled 7,960,809 passengers last year.
• Dallas Love Field is named after Moss L.
• After officially opening on October 19, 1917, the first unit stationed at Love Field was the 136th Aero Squadron, which was transferred from Kelly Field, south of San Antonio, Texas.
• On April 2, 1965 the 8,800 ft parallel Runway 13R/31L opened.
• Turbine-power flights began on April 1, 1959 when Continental Airlines introduced the Vickers Viscount turboprop.