Nonstop flight route between Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Braintree, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tenerife North Airport (TFN), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), Braintree, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,840 miles (or 2,962 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 relatively short distance between Tenerife North Airport and MDPGA Wethersfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | WXF / EGVT |
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Location: | Braintree, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°58'26"N by 0°30'21"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military airfield, private airfield |
Elevation: | 322 feet (98 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from WXF |
More Information: | WXF Maps & Info |
Facts about Tenerife North Airport (TFN):
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Tenerife North Airport", another name for TFN is "Aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte".
- 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 July 1936 Francisco Franco did not fly from here after taking over the island to invade the mainland Spain.
- Tenerife North Airport was the scene of the Tenerife airport disaster, to date the worst accident in aviation history.
- Tenerife North Airport handled 3,717,944 passengers last year.
Facts about MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF):
- As the American involvement in the Vietnam War wound down, the role of RED HORSE units in peacetime came into question.
- Because of MDPGA Wethersfield's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at MDPGA Wethersfield 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.
- Gardiner Associates, a fire investigation training provider, began providing residential fire investigation training courses for police, fire and forensic science practitioners at MDP Wethersfield in 2000.
- The furthest airport from MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,856 miles (19,080 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "MDPGA Wethersfield", another name for WXF is "RAF Wethersfield".
- MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF) is London Stansted Airport (STN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of WXF.
- The 20th Fighter Bomber Wing established an operational detachment at Wheelus AB, Libya, in February 1958.
- The 416th Bombardment Group arrived at Wethersfield from Laurel Army Airfield, Mississippi, on 1 February 1944, flying the twin-engine Douglas A-20G "Havoc" aircraft.