Nonstop flight route between Ocean City, Maryland, United States and Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ocean City Municipal Airport (OCE), Ocean City, Maryland, United States and Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,470 miles (or 5,585 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 Ocean City Municipal 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 Ocean City Municipal 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 Ocean City Municipal Airport (OCE):

• In addition to being known as "Ocean City Municipal Airport", another name for OCE is "OXB".
• Ocean Aviation is the full-service FBO available on airport grounds, serving as Ocean City's Cessna Pilot Center and FAA Part 141 Approved Flight Academy.
• Ocean City Municipal Airport Opened in October 1960.
• The furthest airport from Ocean City Municipal Airport (OCE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,791 miles (18,976 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Ocean City Municipal Airport (OCE) is Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) W of OCE.
• Because of Ocean City Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Ocean City Municipal 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.
• Ocean City Municipal Airport (OCE) has 2 runways.

Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):

• 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.
• In 1946, the old passenger terminal opened, which took two years to build.
• Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.
• On 18 February 1988, Binter Canarias announced that the airline's main base was to be established at Gran Canaria.
• In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
• The airport was an official alternative landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle, before the ending of Space Shuttle programme in July 2011.
• 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 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 closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of LPA.
• The airport can be reached by several island roads from all points in the island.
• The airport has one terminal which opened in March 1973.
• Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.