Los Rodeos Airport (IATA: TFN, ICAO: GCXO), also known as Tenerife North Airport, is one of two international airports on the island of Tenerife, the other one being the much larger and busier Reina Sofía Airport, in the south of the island. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2003 population 220,022) is a Spanish city on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a meter. ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Flag of Tenerife Tenerife (English also Teneriffe), a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. ... Reina Sofía Airport (IATA: TFS,ICAO: GCTS) is an international airport operated by Spanish firm Aena, located on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. ...

Los Rodeos is located 11 km by road from the capital Santa Cruz, whilst Puerto de la Cruz is 28 km away. The popular resorts of Los Cristianos and Las Americas lie 90 km away to the south-west. Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2003 population 220,022) is a Spanish city on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. ... This article or section needs to be wikified. ... Los Cristianos is situated in the south of the island of Tenerife just fifteen minutes from the Reine Sofia airport. ...

Los Rodeos airport is situated on a 2,000-feet-high plateau where it is often subject to heavy fog, sudden dangerous crosswinds and magnetic abnormality. No less than 5 fatal air crashes have occurred at or near the airport since 1965 (total casualties 964), the deadliest being the infamous and tragic Tenerife disaster which took place on March 27, 1977 and is the worst non-terrorist related aircraft disaster in history. Sunlight filters through a thin layer of fog on a crisp winter morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... A crosswind is any wind that is blowing perpendicular to a line of travel, or perpendicular to a direction. ... A picture taken moments after impact The Tenerife disaster took place at 17:06 local time on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747 airliners collided at Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

History

In the winter of 1929, many years before the airport had even been built, the field at Los Rodeos was hastily prepared to accommodate the first (though unofficial) flight into Tenerife operated by an Arado VI (D-1594) aircraft operating from Berlin on behalf of Deutsche Lufthansa. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arado Flugzeugwerke was originally established as the Warnemünde factory of the Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen firm. ... is the capital city and a single state of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... It has been suggested that Miles and More be merged into this article or section. ...

In May 1930, the Compañía de Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas S.A. (C.L.A.S.S.A.) established the first air link between the Spanish mainland and the Canary Islands using a Ford 4-AT Trimotor (M-CKKA), which took off from Getafe, Madrid to the Los Rodeos field via Casablanca, Cape Juby and Gando in Gran Canaria The Ford Trimotor, nicknamed The Tin Goose, was a three engine civil transport aircraft first produced in 1926 by Henry Ford and continued until about 1933. ... Getafe is a town in the southern metropolitan area of Madrid, Spain, 10 km from downtown. ... Casablanca from space A view on the Boulevard de Paris in central Casablanca Casablanca (classical Arabic name: الدار البيضاء, transliterated , the white house, dar beïda in dialectal Moroccan Arabic) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. ... Cape Juby is a cape on the coast of southern Morocco, near its border with Western Sahara, directly east of the Canary Islands. ... Gran Canaria, rarely Grand Canary (archaic), is the third largest island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean 210 km from the northwest coast of Africa and belonging to Spain. ...

After the final location of the airport had been decided, funds were gathered between 1935 and 1939 to build a small hangar and begin expanding the airstrip which would become Los Rodeos airport. After the interruption of civil flights caused by Spanish civil war, operations into Los Rodeos recommenced on 23rd of January 1941 with the a De Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide operating an Iberia flight from Gando in Gran Canaria The Spanish Civil War (July 18th 1936–April 1st 1939) was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and political left-wing groups fought against a right-wing nationalist insurrection led by General Francisco Franco, who eventually succeeded in ousting the Republican government and establishing a personal dictatorship. ... The de Havilland DH 89 Dragon Rapide was a successful British short-haul passenger airliner of the 1930s. ... Iberia Airlines of Spain, usually shortened to Iberia, is the most important airline of Spain, based in Madrid. ...

By 1946, more hangars, a passenger terminal and an 800m paved runway had been built, and the airport was officially opened to all national and international traffic. The runway was stretched various times during the 1940’s and 50’s until reaching a length of 2,400m in 1953, by which time the airport was also equipped with runway edge lighting and a air-groung radio, enabling nocturnal operations. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...

By 1964, runway 12-30 had been stretched to 3,000m to accommodate the DC-8, new Navaids (Navigation Aids) were installed, and the apron was expanded to provide more parking spaces for aircraft. In 1971, with the prospect on the Boeing 747 flying into the airport, the runway was re-enforced and an ILS (Instrument Landing System) was installed. For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... The onboard electronics used for piloting an aircraft are called avionics (AVI-ation electr-ONICS). ... Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-412 The Boeing 747, commonly called the Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable modern airliners and is the largest airliner currently in airline service. ... The NDB station co-located with Middle Marker of Beijing Capital International Airport ILS RWY36L The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is an instrument approach system which provides precise guidance to an aircraft approaching a runway and in some cases along the runway surface. ...

However, after sharp increases in passenger numbers in the 1990s, the airport underwent a process of modernisation between 2002 and 2005, culminating with a new car park, motorway access ramps, a new four-story passenger terminal with 12 gates and 6 'fingers', and a new separate terminal for insular flights.

As well as offering a selection of domestic and international connections, Los Rodeos has become an inter-island hub 'par excellence', connecting with all of the 6 other islands. An Airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ...

Accidents

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Airlines

The airport is served by the following national and international airlines:

• Air Europa
• Binter Canarias
• Britannia Airways
• Finnair
• Iberia
• Islas Airways
• LTU International
• Santa Barbara Airlines
• Spanair

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Destinations

The route between Los Rodeos/Tenerife North and Gran Canaria International Airport is the busiest with an average 40 flights per day between the two islands . Gran Canaria International Airport (IATA: LPA,ICAO: GCLP), also known as Las Palmas International Airport is an airport located on Gran Canaria Island, Spain, in the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa. ...

The following are the destinations served by scheduled airlines from Los Rodeos (as of June 2005):

• Barcelona, by Iberia, Spanair and Air Europa
• Bilbao, by Air Europa
• Caracas (Venezuela), by Santa Barbara Airlines
• Düsseldorf (Germany), by LTU International
• El Hierro, by Binter Canarias
• Fuerteventura, by Binter Canarias
• Gran Canaria, by Binter Canarias and Islas Airways
• La Gomera, by Binter Canarias
• La Palma, by Binter Canarias and Islas Airways
• Lanzarote, by Binter Canarias
• Madrid-Barajas, by Iberia, Spanair and Air Europa
• Málaga, by Iberia
• Seville, by Iberia and Air Europa
• Valencia, by Iberia

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External links

• AENA
• Arial Photograph on Google Maps
• World Aero Data on this airport (GCXO)
• A-Z World Airports: Tenerife North Airport (TFN/GCXO)