Nonstop flight route between Cortez, Colorado, United States and Glendale, Arizona, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ), Cortez, Colorado, United States and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF), Glendale, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 335 miles (or 540 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 relatively short distance between Cortez Municipal Airport and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEZ / KCEZ |
Airport Name: | Cortez Municipal Airport |
Location: | Cortez, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°18'11"N by 108°37'41"W |
Area Served: | Cortez, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | City of Cortez |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5918 feet (1,804 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CEZ |
More Information: | CEZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUF / KLUF |
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Location: | Glendale, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°32'5"N by 112°22'59"W |
View all routes: | Routes from LUF |
More Information: | LUF Maps & Info |
Facts about Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ):
- The furthest airport from Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,915 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) is Animas Air Park (AMK), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) E of CEZ.
- Because of Cortez Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,918 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CEZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CEZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- A Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft made an emergency nighttime forced landing August 3, 1959, at the Cortez Municipal Airport.
Facts about Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF):
- The 3600th FTW became the dedicated training organization for both USAF and NATO pilots in the F-84.
- The closest airport to Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LUF.
- The furthest airport from Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Since June 2012, Luke AFB has been the permanent home of Naval Operational Support Center Phoenix of the US Navy.
- Luke Air Force Base was named after Second Lieutenant Frank Luke.
- The host unit, the 56th Fighter Wing, is tasked to train F-16 fighter pilots and maintainers, while deploying mission ready warfighters.
- In addition to being known as "Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field", another name for LUF is "Luke AFB".