Nonstop flight route between Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Almería, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ), Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Almería Airport (LEI), Almería, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,942 miles (or 6,345 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 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Almería 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 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Almería Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ):

• In 1973, de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, makers of the new DHC-7 STOL plane, proposed a network of STOL airports around Ontario, with the Island Airport as its hub, to the Government of Ontario cabinet ministers and the Government of Canada cabinet ministers.
• Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) has 3 runways.
• By 2005, the airport recorded about 68,000 flights, down from a historic high of 240,000 in 1967.
• In 1990, Air Ontario started operating regional airline service to Ottawa and Montreal.
• In January 2014, the Toronto Port Authority announced that it would seek $100 million from the federal government to expand infrastructure around the airport if the expansion plans and jets are approved for use at the airport.
• Because of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport's relatively low elevation of 252 feet, planes can take off or land at Billy Bishop Toronto City 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.
• In addition to being known as "Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport", another name for YTZ is "Toronto Island Airport".
• In 1967, the Harbour Commission initiated a study into converting the airport into one suitable for the passenger jets of the day, such as DC-8s.
• The furthest airport from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,411 miles (18,364 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Conceived in the 1930s as the main airport for Toronto, the construction of the airport was completed in 1939 by the Toronto Harbour Commission.
• In January 1964, the cable ferry was retired, replaced by the Harbour Commission tugboat Thomas Langton That year, interest by municipal government officials was renewed in a new link to the airport.
• The closest airport to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) is Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) WNW of YTZ.

Facts about Almería Airport (LEI):

• Because of Almería Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Almería 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 furthest airport from Almería Airport (LEI) is Whakatane Airport (WHK), which is nearly antipodal to Almería Airport (meaning Almería Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whakatane Airport), and is located 12,353 miles (19,880 kilometers) away in Whakatane, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Almería Airport (LEI) is Granada Airport (GRX), which is located 81 miles (131 kilometers) WNW of LEI.
• Almería Airport (LEI) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Almería Airport", another name for LEI is "Aeropuerto de Almería".