Nonstop flight route between Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada and Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG), Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada and Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,270 miles (or 6,872 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 Fort Frances Municipal Airport 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 Fort Frances Municipal Airport 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 Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG):

• Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,656 miles (17,150 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Fort Frances Municipal Airport (YAG) is Falls International Airport (INL), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSE of YAG.

Facts about Gran Canaria Airport (LPA):

• The closest airport to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) is Tenerife North Airport (TFN), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) WNW of LPA.
• Military activity was most intense during the mid 1970s, at the time of the crisis of decolonisation of Western Sahara and its occupation by Morocco.
• Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) has 2 runways.
• 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 addition to being known as "Gran Canaria Airport", another name for LPA is "Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria".
• The terminal is split into three zones.
• In October 1991, the terminal was enlarged with improved facilities so it could handle more passengers.
• The airport opened on 7 April 1930, after King Alfonso XIII signed a royal order announcing that the military air force installations on the Bay of Gando would become a civilian airfield.
• 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.
• The deployment base of Gando Air Base is the Lanzarote Military Airfield.
• Gran Canaria Airport handled 9,770,253 passengers last year.