Nonstop flight route between Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia and Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG), Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia and Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,247 miles (or 13,272 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 Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) and Gran Canaria 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 Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) and Gran Canaria Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG):

• In addition to being known as "Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)", another name for TKG is "Bandar Udara Radin Inten II (RIA II)".
• The furthest airport from Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) is Mariquita Airport (MQU), which is nearly antipodal to Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (meaning Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mariquita Airport), and is located 12,432 miles (20,007 kilometers) away in Mariquita, Tolima Department, Colombia.
• The closest airport to Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) N of TKG.
• Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)'s relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) 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.

Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):

• Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.
• In 1919, Frenchman Pierre George Latécoère was granted clearance from the French & Spanish governments to establish an airline route between Toulouse & Casablanca.
• In 2011 it handled over 10.5 million passengers, an 11.1% increase compared to 2010, and 23,7 million tonnes of cargo.
• Gran Canaria's main motorway GC1 runs past the airport providing transport links to Las Palmas in the North and to the tourist resorts in the South.
• The closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of LPA.
• In October 1991, the terminal was enlarged with improved facilities so it could handle more passengers.
• In addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
• Because of Gran Canaria Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Gran Canaria 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.
• Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.
• The deployment base of Gando Air Base is the Lanzarote Military Airfield.
• The furthest airport from Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Gran Canaria Airport (meaning Gran Canaria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,667 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
• In December 2010, low cost carrier Ryanair announced the opening of 3 new bases on the Canary Islands.