Nonstop flight route between Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Walterboro, South Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tenerife North Airport (TFN), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Lowcountry Regional Airport (RBW), Walterboro, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,773 miles (or 6,072 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 Lowcountry 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 Tenerife North Airport and Lowcountry Regional 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: | RBW / KRBW |
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Location: | Walterboro, South Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°55'15"N by 80°38'26"W |
Area Served: | Walterboro, South Carolina |
Operator/Owner: | City of Walterboro & Colleton County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 101 feet (31 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from RBW |
More Information: | RBW 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.
- 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.
- Tenerife North Airport (TFN) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- Tenerife North Airport was the scene of the Tenerife airport disaster, to date the worst accident in aviation history.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Tenerife North Airport", another name for TFN is "Aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte".
Facts about Lowcountry Regional Airport (RBW):
- Lowcountry Regional Airport (RBW) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Lowcountry Regional Airport (RBW) is Charleston International Airport (CHS), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) E of RBW.
- Walterboro AAF also hosted the largest camouflage school in the United States, as well as a 250 person Prisoner of War Camp.
- In addition to being known as "Lowcountry Regional Airport", another name for RBW is "Walterboro Army Airfield".
- Because of Lowcountry Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 101 feet, planes can take off or land at Lowcountry 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 furthest airport from Lowcountry Regional Airport (RBW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,527 miles (18,551 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The base closed on October 31, 1945 and returned to its origins as a local airfield.