Nonstop flight route between Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Yangzhou and Taizhou, Jiangsu, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU), Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY), Yangzhou and Taizhou, Jiangsu, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,998 miles (or 11,261 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 Fort Sumner Municipal Airport and Yangzhou Taizhou 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 Fort Sumner Municipal Airport and Yangzhou Taizhou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FSU / KFSU |
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Location: | Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°29'16"N by 104°13'0"W |
Area Served: | Fort Sumner, New Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | Village of Fort Sumner |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4165 feet (1,269 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FSU |
More Information: | FSU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YTY / ZSYA |
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Location: | Yangzhou and Taizhou, Jiangsu, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°33'42"N by 119°42'54"E |
Area Served: | Yangzhou and Taizhou |
Operator/Owner: | City of Yangzhou (80%) City of Taizhou (20%) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YTY |
More Information: | YTY Maps & Info |
Facts about Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU):
- Because of Fort Sumner Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,165 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FSU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FSU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The airfield was reopened in February 1941, and was rebuilt in 1942 by the United States Army Air Forces as a World War II training airfield.
- Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) has 2 runways.
- Current two operational balloon launch campaigns are conducted at the airport each year.
- In addition to being known as "Fort Sumner Municipal Airport", another name for FSU is "Fort Sumner Army Airfield".
- The closest airport to Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) is Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) E of FSU.
- The furthest airport from Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,167 miles (17,971 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY):
- The closest airport to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY) is Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) S of YTY.
- Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Yangzhou Taizhou Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Yangzhou Taizhou 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 "Yangzhou Taizhou Airport", other names for YTY include "扬州泰州机场" and "Yángzhōu Tàizhōu Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY) is Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS), which is nearly antipodal to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (meaning Yangzhou Taizhou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Rosario, Argentina.