Nonstop flight route between Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Charlotte, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tenerife-South Airport (TFS), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain and Wilgrove Air Park (QWG), Charlotte, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,739 miles (or 6,018 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 Wilgrove Air Park, 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 Wilgrove Air Park. 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):

• Tenerife-South Airport handled 8,701,983 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Tenerife-South Airport", other names for TFS include "Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur" and "Tenerife Sur/Reina Sofía Airport".
• The closest airport to Tenerife-South Airport (TFS) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) NNE of TFS.
• In 1977, the control tower, terminal building and taxiways were completed before the world's worst aviation accident occurred at Tenerife North Airport in March.
• The airport was opened by Queen Sofía on 6 November 1978.
• Tenerife-South Airport (TFS) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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 Wilgrove Air Park (QWG):

• In addition to being known as "Wilgrove Air Park", another name for QWG is "8A6".
• The closest airport to Wilgrove Air Park (QWG) is Concord Regional Airport (USA), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) N of QWG.
• The furthest airport from Wilgrove Air Park (QWG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,536 miles (18,566 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Wilgrove Air Park (QWG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Wilgrove Air Park's relatively low elevation of 799 feet, planes can take off or land at Wilgrove Air Park 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.