Nonstop flight route between Rainbow Lake, Alberta, Canada and Faro, Portugal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP), Rainbow Lake, Alberta, Canada and Faro International Airport (FAO), Faro, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,758 miles (or 7,656 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 Rainbow Lake Airport and Faro International 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 Rainbow Lake Airport and Faro International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YOP / CYOP |
Airport Name: | Rainbow Lake Airport |
Location: | Rainbow Lake, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°29'29"N by 119°24'28"W |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Rainbow Lake |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1756 feet (535 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YOP |
More Information: | YOP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FAO / LPFR |
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Location: | Faro, Portugal |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°0'51"N by 7°57'56"W |
Area Served: | Faro, Portugal |
Operator/Owner: | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FAO |
More Information: | FAO Maps & Info |
Facts about Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP):
- The closest airport to Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP) is High Level Airport (YOJ), which is located 81 miles (131 kilometers) E of YOP.
- The furthest airport from Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,120 miles (16,286 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
- Rainbow Lake Airport (YOP) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Faro International Airport (FAO):
- Faro International Airport (FAO) currently has only 1 runway.
- A total of 5.6 million passengers used Faro airport in 2011.
- The furthest airport from Faro International Airport (FAO) is Dargaville Aerodrome (DGR), which is nearly antipodal to Faro International Airport (meaning Faro International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dargaville Aerodrome), and is located 12,310 miles (19,810 kilometers) away in Dargaville, New Zealand.
- More than ten car rental firms service the airport.
- Faro International Airport handled 5,672,377 passengers last year.
- Because of Faro International Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Faro International 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 closest airport to Faro International Airport (FAO) is Portimão Airport (PRM), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WNW of FAO.
- In addition to being known as "Faro International Airport", another name for FAO is "Aeroporto Internacional de Faro".