Nonstop flight route between Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States and Dorado, Puerto Rico:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Valle Airport (VLE), Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States and Dorado Airport (DDP), Dorado, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,028 miles (or 4,873 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 Dorado 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 Dorado Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VLE / |
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Location: | Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°38'58"N by 112°8'30"W |
Area Served: | Valle, Arizona |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5999 feet (1,828 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VLE |
More Information: | VLE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DDP / |
Airport Name: | Dorado Airport |
Location: | Dorado, Puerto Rico |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°27'51"N by 66°17'33"W |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DDP |
More Information: | DDP Maps & Info |
Facts about Valle Airport (VLE):
- In addition to being known as "Valle Airport", another name for VLE is "40G".
- 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.
- 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.
- Valle Airport, is a public airport located 25 nm south of Valle, Arizona.
- The closest airport to Valle Airport (VLE) is Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) N of VLE.
- 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.
- The Valle branch of Planes of Fame opened in 1995 because the Chino collection had grown so greatly an additional facility was needed.
Facts about Dorado Airport (DDP):
- The closest airport to Dorado Airport (DDP) is Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of DDP.
- Dorado Airport (DDP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Dorado Airport (DDP) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Dorado Airport (meaning Dorado Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,237 miles (19,694 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- Much later on, a large airline named Caribair, began flights there.