Nonstop flight route between Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Fallon, Nevada, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tenerife North Airport (TFN), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL), Fallon, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,592 miles (or 9,000 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 Naval Air Station Fallon, 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 Naval Air Station Fallon. 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: | NFL / KNFL |
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| Location: | Fallon, Nevada, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°25'29"N by 118°42'10"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
| Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
| Elevation: | 3934 feet (1,199 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NFL |
| More Information: | NFL Maps & Info |
Facts about Tenerife North Airport (TFN):
- By 1946, more hangars, a passenger terminal and an 800 m paved runway had been built, and the airport was officially opened to all national and international traffic.
- Tenerife North Airport (TFN) currently has only 1 runway.
- In May 1930, the Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas S.A.
- The closest airport to Tenerife North Airport (TFN) is Tenerife-South Airport (TFS), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) SSW of TFN.
- Many years before the airport had even been built, the field at Los Rodeos was hastily prepared to accommodate the first flight into Tenerife operated by an Arado VI aircraft operating from Berlin on behalf of Deutsche Luft Hansa.
- In addition to being known as "Tenerife North Airport", another name for TFN is "Aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte".
- Tenerife North Airport handled 3,717,944 passengers last year.
- 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.
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Facts about Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL):
- In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Fallon", another name for NFL is "Van Voorhis Field".
- The Navy relocated its Navy Fighter Weapons School, or TOPGUN, from NAS Miramar to NAS Fallon in 1996, following the transfer of NAS Miramar to the Marine Corps and its redesignation as MCAS Miramar.
- Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL) has 3 runways.
- The navy maintains the Naval Air Station Fallon Air Park museum on the base.
- The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,140 miles (17,928 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL) is Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NNW of NFL.
- The airfield at NAS Fallon was originally built in 1942 as part of a defensive network to repel a feared Japanese invasion of the west coast.
- Between 1956 and 1975, the United States Air Force Air Defense Command operated a General Surveillance Radar station at NAS Fallon.
