Nonstop flight route between Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada and El Prat de Llobregat (near Barcelona), Spain:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL), Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada and Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN), El Prat de Llobregat (near Barcelona), Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,368 miles (or 5,421 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 Saint-Léonard Aerodrome and Barcelona–El Prat 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 Saint-Léonard Aerodrome and Barcelona–El Prat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YSL / CYSL |
Airport Name: | Saint-Léonard Aerodrome |
Location: | Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°9'25"N by 67°50'11"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Edmundston |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 794 feet (242 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YSL |
More Information: | YSL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BCN / LEBL |
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Location: | El Prat de Llobregat (near Barcelona), Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°17'48"N by 2°4'41"E |
Area Served: | Barcelona, Spain |
Operator/Owner: | Aena |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 14 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BCN |
More Information: | BCN Maps & Info |
Facts about Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL):
- Because of Saint-Léonard Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 794 feet, planes can take off or land at Saint-Léonard Aerodrome 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 Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL) is Loring International Airport (LIZ), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) S of YSL.
- Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,544 miles (18,578 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN):
- The forecast is that the airport will be able to handle 55 million passengers annually and will reach 90 operations an hour.
- The airport is the subject of a political discussion over management and control between the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Spanish Government, which has involved AENA and various airlines, Iberia and Spanair mainly.
- There is provision for parking cars at the airport, with about 24,000 parking spaces.
- The closest airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) is Sabadell Airport (QSA), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) N of BCN.
- The airport is the second largest in Spain behind Madrid Barajas Airport and 31st busiest in the world, and is the main airport of Catalonia.
- Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Barcelona–El Prat Airport", another name for BCN is "Aeroport de Barcelona–El Prat".
- Following the opening of Terminal 1 in 2009, Terminal 2 became nearly empty until the airport authorities lowered landing fees to attract low-cost and regional carriers to fill the terminal, although nowhere near full capacity.
- Because of Barcelona–El Prat Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Barcelona–El Prat 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.
- Most of the traffic at Barcelona Airport is domestic and European, in which Vueling has an operational base.
- One of the main airlines that operates out of Barcelona, Norwegian Air Shuttle, has announced its intention of starting long-haul routes out of Barcelona-El Prat, from 2016, to destinations such as New York John F.
- The furthest airport from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (meaning Barcelona–El Prat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,248 miles (19,711 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.