Nonstop flight route between Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tenerife North Airport (TFN), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Las Vegas Municipal Airport (LVS), Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,042 miles (or 8,114 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 Tenerife North Airport and Las Vegas Municipal 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 Tenerife North Airport and Las Vegas Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TFN / GCXO |
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| Location: | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
| GPS Coordinates: | 28°28'58"N by 16°20'30"W |
| Area Served: | Tenerife |
| Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2077 feet (633 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TFN |
| More Information: | TFN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LVS / KLVS |
| Airport Name: | Las Vegas Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°39'15"N by 105°8'32"W |
| Area Served: | Las Vegas, New Mexico |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Las Vegas |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 6877 feet (2,096 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LVS |
| More Information: | LVS Maps & Info |
Facts about Tenerife North Airport (TFN):
- Tenerife North Airport, formerly Los Rodeos Airport, is one of the two international airports on the island of Tenerife, Spain.
- Tenerife North Airport (TFN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Tenerife North Airport (TFN) is Tenerife-South Airport (TFS), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) SSW of TFN.
- The furthest airport from Tenerife North Airport (TFN) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Tenerife North Airport (meaning Tenerife North Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
- Today TFN is an inter-island hub connecting all seven Canary Islands with connections to the Iberian Peninsula, Europe, and North America.
- Tenerife North Airport was the scene of the Tenerife airport disaster, to date the worst accident in aviation history.
- In July 1936 Francisco Franco did not fly from here after taking over the island to invade the mainland Spain.
- Tenerife North Airport handled 3,717,944 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Tenerife North Airport", another name for TFN is "Aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte".
Facts about Las Vegas Municipal Airport (LVS):
- The closest airport to Las Vegas Municipal Airport (LVS) is Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) W of LVS.
- The furthest airport from Las Vegas Municipal Airport (LVS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,135 miles (17,920 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Las Vegas Municipal Airport (LVS) has 2 runways.
- Because of Las Vegas Municipal Airport's high elevation of 6,877 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LVS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LVS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
