Nonstop flight route between Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU), Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and William T. Piper Memorial Airport (LHV), Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,526 miles (or 2,456 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 Fort Sumner Municipal Airport and William T. Piper Memorial Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | LHV / KLHV |
Airport Name: | William T. Piper Memorial Airport |
Location: | Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°8'8"N by 77°25'19"W |
Area Served: | Lock Haven, Pennsylvania |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lock Haven |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 556 feet (169 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LHV |
More Information: | LHV Maps & Info |
Facts about Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU):
- 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.
- 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 facility was inactivated on November 15, 1945 and returned to civil control.
- 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 airfield's origins date to the 1920s when the Transcontinental Air Transport airline built an airfield in Fort Sumner as part of its coast-to-coast air passenger network, but the site was abandoned when the airline's ambitious plans collapsed in the Great Depression.
- 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 (FSU) has 2 runways.
Facts about William T. Piper Memorial Airport (LHV):
- The closest airport to William T. Piper Memorial Airport (LHV) is Williamsport Regional Airport (IPT), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) ENE of LHV.
- The furthest airport from William T. Piper Memorial Airport (LHV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,591 miles (18,653 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The airport is home to AvSport of Lock Haven, a flight school specializing in Sport Pilot training in Light Sport Aircraft.
- Because of William T. Piper Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 556 feet, planes can take off or land at William T. Piper Memorial 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.
- William T. Piper Memorial Airport (LHV) has 2 runways.