Nonstop flight route between Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Alpena, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Alpena County Regional Airport (APN), Alpena, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,209 miles (or 6,774 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 Palma de Mallorca Airport and Alpena County Regional 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 Palma de Mallorca Airport and Alpena County Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI):

• Because of Palma de Mallorca Airport's relatively low elevation of 24 feet, planes can take off or land at Palma de Mallorca 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 closest airport to Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) is Menorca Airport (MAH), which is located 82 miles (131 kilometers) ENE of PMI.
• Following a decline in passenger numbers at the airport following the September 11 attacks in 2001, numbers rose steadily between 2002 and 2007 when traffic peaked at 23.2 million passengers, however from 2007 there has been a decline in passenger numbers with 21.1 million using the airport in 2010.
• Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Palma de Mallorca Airport", another name for PMI is "Aeroport de Palma de Mallorca Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca".
• The furthest airport from Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is nearly antipodal to Palma de Mallorca Airport (meaning Palma de Mallorca Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gisborne Airport), and is located 12,174 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
• The smallest Module located in the north east.
• Palma de Mallorca Airport handled 22,768,082 passengers last year.
• Today, Palma de Mallorca airport carries over 20 million passengers to their destinations, particularly to mainland Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.
• In 1954, Palma de Mallorca's runway was extended and asphalted, and also had brand new taxiways and aprons added near it.

Facts about Alpena County Regional Airport (APN):

• Alpena County Regional Airport is a county-owned, public-use, joint civil-military airport in Alpena County, Michigan, United States.
• Alpena County Regional Airport (APN) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Alpena County Regional Airport (APN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,184 miles (17,999 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Several scenes of the film Die Hard 2 were shot there.
• Because of Alpena County Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 690 feet, planes can take off or land at Alpena County Regional 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 closest airport to Alpena County Regional Airport (APN) is Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (OSC), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) S of APN.