Nonstop flight route between Leo, Burkina Faso and Madrid, Spain:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Leo Airport (XLU), Leo, Burkina Faso and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD), Madrid, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,031 miles (or 3,269 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 relatively short distance between Leo Airport and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1], the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | XLU / DFCL | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Leo, Burkina Faso | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 11°6'19"N by 2°6'5"W | 
| Area Served: | Leo | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1181 feet (360 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from XLU | 
| More Information: | XLU Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MAD / LEMD | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Madrid, Spain | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°28'19"N by 3°33'38"W | 
| Area Served: | Madrid, Spain | 
| Operator/Owner: | Aena | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2000 feet (610 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 4 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from MAD | 
| More Information: | MAD Maps & Info | 
Facts about Leo Airport (XLU):
- Leo Airport (XLU) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Leo Airport", another name for XLU is "Leo Airport (Leo)".
- The furthest airport from Leo Airport (XLU) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Leo Airport (meaning Leo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,238 miles (19,695 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
- The closest airport to Leo Airport (XLU) is Pô Airport (PUP), which is located 65 miles (104 kilometers) E of XLU.
Facts about Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD):
- In November 1998, the new runway 18R-36L started operations, 4,400 m long, one of the largest in Europe under expansion plans called Major Barajas.
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD) is Madrid–Torrejón Airport (TOJ), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ENE of MAD.
- In addition to being known as "Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1]", another name for MAD is "Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas".
- On 27 January 2012, Spanair suspended all flights affecting Madrid-Barajas as well as other domestic and international connections.
- Originally, the flight field was a large circle bordered in white with the name of Madrid in its interior, unpaved, consisting of land covered with natural grass.
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] handled 39,729,027 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (MAD) is Palmerston North Airport (PMR), which is nearly antipodal to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] (meaning Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport[1] is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Palmerston North Airport), and is located 12,392 miles (19,943 kilometers) away in Palmerston North, New Zealand.




