Nonstop flight route between Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Minto, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tenerife-South Airport (TFS), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Minto Al Wright Airport (MNT), Minto, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,524 miles (or 8,889 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-South Airport and Minto Al Wright 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-South Airport and Minto Al Wright Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tenerife-South Airport (TFS):

• The closest airport to Tenerife-South Airport (TFS) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) NNE of TFS.
• Tenerife-South Airport (TFS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Tenerife South handled over 8.5 million passengers in 2012.
• In the late 1960s, the island authorities of Tenerife said they needed a new airport at a new location as the existing airport did not meet technical requirements due to adverse weather conditions.
• In addition to being known as "Tenerife-South Airport", other names for TFS include "Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur" and "Tenerife Sur/Reina Sofía Airport".
• Tenerife-South Airport handled 8,701,983 passengers last year.
• Because of Tenerife-South Airport's relatively low elevation of 209 feet, planes can take off or land at Tenerife-South 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 Tenerife-South Airport (TFS) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Tenerife-South Airport (meaning Tenerife-South Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,561 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.

Facts about Minto Al Wright Airport (MNT):

• Minto Al Wright Airport covers an area of 295 acres at an elevation of 495 feet above mean sea level.
• Minto Al Wright Airport (MNT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Minto Al Wright Airport (MNT) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,273 miles (16,533 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• In addition to being known as "Minto Al Wright Airport", another name for MNT is "51Z".
• The closest airport to Minto Al Wright Airport (MNT) is Rampart Airport (RMP), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) NW of MNT.
• Because of Minto Al Wright Airport's relatively low elevation of 500 feet, planes can take off or land at Minto Al Wright 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.