Nonstop flight route between Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Dédougou, Burkina Faso:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU), Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Dédougou Airport (DGU), Dédougou, Burkina Faso would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,328 miles (or 10,184 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 Dédougou 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 Dédougou 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: | DGU / DFOD |
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Location: | Dédougou, Burkina Faso |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°27'38"N by 3°29'18"W |
Area Served: | Dédougou |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 984 feet (300 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DGU |
More Information: | DGU Maps & Info |
Facts about Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU):
- 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.
- Fort Sumner Municipal Airport covers an area of 960 acres at an elevation of 4,165 feet above mean sea level.
- 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.
- Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) has 2 runways.
- On August 6, 1944, the airfield was transferred to Second Air Force, where it became a replacement facility for B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator crew training.
- 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".
- For the 12-month period ending April 9, 2011, the airport had 150 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 12 per month.
Facts about Dédougou Airport (DGU):
- The closest airport to Dédougou Airport (DGU) is Nouna Airport (XNU), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of DGU.
- In addition to being known as "Dédougou Airport", another name for DGU is "Dédougou Airport (Dédougou)".
- Because of Dédougou Airport's relatively low elevation of 984 feet, planes can take off or land at Dédougou 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 Dédougou Airport (DGU) is Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), which is nearly antipodal to Dédougou Airport (meaning Dédougou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yasawa Island Airport), and is located 12,132 miles (19,524 kilometers) away in Yasawa Island, Fiji.
- Dédougou Airport (DGU) currently has only 1 runway.