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

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States and Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,723 miles (or 7,601 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 Will Rogers World 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 Will Rogers World 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 Will Rogers World Airport (OKC):

• The April 1957 OAG shows 21 departures a day on Braniff, 15 on American, 5 Central, 4 Continental and 3 TWA.
• The furthest airport from Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,853 miles (17,466 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) is Wiley Post Airport (PWA), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of OKC.
• The project will be divided into 12 sequences allowing the airport to keep as much of the garage open as possible.
• Will Rogers World Airport has one terminal with 17 gates on the West Concourse and Central Concourse.
• Will Rogers World Airport handled 3,683,051 passengers last year.
• A Rockwell Sabreliner, registration N5565 crashed on January 15, 1974, after descending below minimums on an ILS approach in low clouds and fog.
• During 2012 the Phase III expansion plan was updated to include a new Central Concourse reconfiguration plan.
• Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) has 4 runways.

Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):

• Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.
• In December 2010, low cost carrier Ryanair announced the opening of 3 new bases on the Canary Islands.
• In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
• Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.
• 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 airport can be reached by several island roads from all points in the island.
• The airport was an official alternative landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle, before the ending of Space Shuttle programme in July 2011.
• 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.
• In 2011 it handled over 10.5 million passengers, an 11.1% increase compared to 2010, and 23,7 million tonnes of cargo.