Nonstop flight route between Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States and Málaga, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Valle Airport (VLE), Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States and Málaga Airport (AGP), Málaga, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,620 miles (or 9,045 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 Valle Airport and Málaga 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 Valle Airport and Málaga Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Valle Airport (VLE):

• The closest airport to Valle Airport (VLE) is Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) N of VLE.
• The furthest airport from Valle Airport (VLE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Valle Airport's high elevation of 5,999 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at VLE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make VLE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Valle Airport", another name for VLE is "40G".
• Valle Airport covers an area of 330 acres at an elevation of 5,999 feet above mean sea level.
• Valle Airport (VLE) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Málaga Airport (AGP):

• In March 2007, Clickair opened a base at Málaga after announcing a new route to Barcelona.
• The closest airport to Málaga Airport (AGP) is Granada Airport (GRX), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) NE of AGP.
• Málaga Airport handled 12,922,403 passengers last year.
• Because of Málaga Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Málaga 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.
• Málaga Airport, officially Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport since June 2011, is the fourth busiest airport in Spain after Madrid–Barajas, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca.
• In addition to being known as "Málaga Airport", another name for AGP is "Aeropuerto de Malaga".
• Terminal 3 is a new terminal at Málaga Airport.
• The furthest airport from Málaga Airport (AGP) is Coromandel Aerodrome (CMV), which is nearly antipodal to Málaga Airport (meaning Málaga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coromandel Aerodrome), and is located 12,429 miles (20,002 kilometers) away in Coromandel, New Zealand.
• Málaga Airport (AGP) has 2 runways.
• Málaga Airport has three terminals, adjacent to each other.
• The airport's domestic departures section once had the head office of Binter Mediterraneo.
• The single runway was extended in the 1960s, and a new terminal was erected in the centre of the site.
• Málaga Airport is the busiest international airport of Andalucia, accounting for 85 percent of the region non-domestic traffic.