Nonstop flight route between Madrid, Spain and Kaohsiung, Taiwan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD), Madrid, Spain and Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (KHH), Kaohsiung, Taiwan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,785 miles (or 10,920 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 Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] and Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport). 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):

• The 1982 FIFA World Cup brought significant expansion and modernisation of the airport's two existing terminals.
• 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.
• Originally, the flight field was a large circle bordered in white with the name of Madrid in its interior, unpaved, consisting of land covered with natural grass.
• 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.
• Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD) has 4 runways.
• In December 2010, the Spanish government announced plans to tender Madrid-Barajas airport to companies in the private sector for a period of up to 40 years.
• 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.
• In 2007, the airport processed more than 52 million passengers.
• In addition to being known as "Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1]", another name for MAD is "Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas".

Facts about Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (KHH):

• The closest airport to Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (KHH) is Tainan Airport (TNN), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NNW of KHH.
• In summer 1998, EVA Air opened a direct flight between Kaohsiung and Los Angeles, but it was discontinued only three months later due to low ridership.
• The international terminal opened in 1997 and all gates have jet bridges.
• Because of Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang 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 furthest airport from Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (KHH) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (meaning Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,899 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
• Both China Airlines and Uni Air operate charter flights from Kaohsiung to many Japanese cities including Asahigawa, Hakodate, Sapporo, Hanamaki, Obihiro, Nagasaki and Kumamoto, mostly during long vacations.
• In addition to being known as "Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport)", other names for KHH include "高雄國際航空站高雄小港機場" and "Gāoxióng Guójì Hángkōngzhàn Gāoxióng Xiǎogǎng Jīchǎng".
• The domestic terminal was built in 1965 when the airport was first opened as a civilian airport.
• Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (KHH) currently has only 1 runway.