Nonstop flight route between Lancaster, California, United States and Palma de Mallorca, Spain:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF), Lancaster, California, United States and Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), Palma de Mallorca, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,072 miles (or 9,772 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 General Wm. J. Fox Airfield and Palma de Mallorca 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 General Wm. J. Fox Airfield and Palma de Mallorca Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WJF / KWJF |
Airport Name: | General Wm. J. Fox Airfield |
Location: | Lancaster, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°44'27"N by 118°13'6"W |
Area Served: | Lancaster, California |
Operator/Owner: | County of Los Angeles |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2351 feet (717 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from WJF |
More Information: | WJF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PMI / LEPA |
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Location: | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°33'6"N by 2°44'20"E |
Area Served: | Mallorca, Spain |
Operator/Owner: | Aena |
Airport Type: | Public and military |
Elevation: | 24 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PMI |
More Information: | PMI Maps & Info |
Facts about General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF):
- On August 13, 2009, a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter made a hard landing at the airfield during a training exercise.
- The furthest airport from General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,432 miles (18,399 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The closest airport to General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF) is Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SE of WJF.
- General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI):
- In 1938, Palma de Mallorca airport started being used for military aviation, while Iberia and Deutsche Lufthansa established new routes to the military base.
- In addition to being known as "Palma de Mallorca Airport", another name for PMI is "Aeroport de Palma de Mallorca Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca".
- Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is nearly antipodal to Palma de Mallorca Airport (meaning Palma de Mallorca Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gisborne Airport), and is located 12,174 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
- Palma de Mallorca Airport handled 22,768,082 passengers last year.
- The history of Palma de Mallorca airport began in the 1920s, when seaplanes were used for postal services to the other Balearic Islands.
- After reaching 1 million passengers for the first time in 1962, in 1965, a new terminal was constructed, and air navigation services were completed at the end of the following year.
- The southern area of the Module was worked on and reopened in May 2011.
- The closest airport to Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) is Menorca Airport (MAH), which is located 82 miles (131 kilometers) ENE of PMI.
- Because of Palma de Mallorca Airport's relatively low elevation of 24 feet, planes can take off or land at Palma de Mallorca 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 smallest Module located in the north east.
- Located in the south.