Nonstop flight route between Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Alajeró / San Sebastián, Canary Islands, Spain:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from YYC to GMZ:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- YYC Airport Information
- GMZ Airport Information
- Facts about YYC
- Facts about GMZ
- Map of Nearest Airports to YYC
- List of Nearest Airports to YYC
- Map of Furthest Airports from YYC
- List of Furthest Airports from YYC
- Map of Nearest Airports to GMZ
- List of Nearest Airports to GMZ
- Map of Furthest Airports from GMZ
- List of Furthest Airports from GMZ
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Calgary International Airport (YYC), Calgary, Alberta, Canada and La Gomera Airport (GMZ), Alajeró / San Sebastián, Canary Islands, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,011 miles (or 8,065 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 Calgary International Airport and La Gomera 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 Calgary International Airport and La Gomera Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YYC / CYYC |
Airport Name: | Calgary International Airport |
Location: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°7'21"N by 114°0'47"W |
Area Served: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3606 feet (1,099 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from YYC |
More Information: | YYC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GMZ / GCGM |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Alajeró / San Sebastián, Canary Islands, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°1'46"N by 17°12'52"W |
Operator/Owner: | Aena |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 716 feet (218 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GMZ |
More Information: | GMZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Calgary International Airport (YYC):
- Calgary International Airport (YYC) has 4 runways.
- There are only a few ground handling companies in Calgary but each provides different services to the airlines they serve.
- Apron II is the main cargo facility at the airport which can park up to four Boeing 747s.
- The long runway length can be attributed to the relatively high elevation, previously 3,557 ft and now 3,606 ft, of the airport and the need to support the largest passenger aircraft types.
- The closest airport to Calgary International Airport (YYC) is Banff Airport (YBA), which is located 66 miles (107 kilometers) W of YYC.
- As of November 2007, expansion construction are in progress for Apron VII to allow seven parking pads, including three for Purolator and four for FedEx.
- Calgary International Airport serves as headquarters for WestJet and as a hub airport for Air Canada and Air Canada Express.
- Air Canada and Air Canada Express operations at the Calgary International Airport.
- The furthest airport from Calgary International Airport (YYC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,372 miles (16,692 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
Facts about La Gomera Airport (GMZ):
- La Gomera Airport (GMZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In the year 1962, the island had a lot of sanitary assistance problems, so studies to build an airport in the island were started, but this project was not carried out until 1975.
- In addition to being known as "La Gomera Airport", another name for GMZ is "La Gomera Airport ODB".
- La Gomera Airport is an airport located near the town of Playa Santiago on the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, 34 km southwest by road from the island's capital city, San Sebastián de la Gomera.
- The closest airport to La Gomera Airport (GMZ) is Tenerife-South Airport (TFS), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) E of GMZ.
- Because of La Gomera Airport's relatively low elevation of 716 feet, planes can take off or land at La Gomera 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 La Gomera Airport (GMZ) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to La Gomera Airport (meaning La Gomera Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,116 miles (19,499 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
- At the end of 1995, when Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, literally "Spanish Airports and Air Navigation", took over the airport, a passenger terminal was built, which was inaugurated in 1992.