AirportsFuerteventura Airport is a large airport serving El Matorral, in Canary Islands, Spain. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is FUE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- FUE
- ICAO code
- GCFV
- City
- El Matorral
- State or region
- Canary Islands
- Country
- Spain
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 28.4527° N, 13.8638° W
- Elevation
- 26 m (85 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,420 m (11,220 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, FUE means Fuerteventura Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: GCFV. ICAO codes that begin with G belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 28.4527° N, 13.8638° W. It stands 26 metres (85 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, about 157 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Atlantic/Canary, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Fuerteventura Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,420 metres (11,220 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 44 airports of Spain on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,420 m 11,220 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| César Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSan Bartolomé | ACE | 60 km |
| Laayoune Hassan I International AirportEl Aaiún, Western Sahara (disputed territory) | EUN | 159 km |
| Gran Canaria AirportGran Canaria Island | LPA | 160 km |
| Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportTenerife | TFN | 242 km |
| Tan Tan AirportTan Tan, Morocco | TTA | 264 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,628 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,704 km | 11 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,780 km | 8 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,793 km | 3 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,544 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,479 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,626 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,381 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 18,469 km | 22 h 45 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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