Nonstop flight route between Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States and Samara, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States and Kurumoch International Airport (KUF), Samara, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,390 miles (or 8,675 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 Wayne International Airport and Kurumoch International 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 Wayne International Airport and Kurumoch International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FWA / KFWA |
Airport Name: | Fort Wayne International Airport |
Location: | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°58'41"N by 85°11'43"W |
Area Served: | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 814 feet (248 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from FWA |
More Information: | FWA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUF / UWWW |
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Location: | Samara, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°30'6"N by 50°9'18"E |
Area Served: | Samara, Tolyatti |
Operator/Owner: | Renova |
Airport Type: | International |
Elevation: | 477 feet (145 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUF |
More Information: | KUF Maps & Info |
Facts about Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA):
- Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) has 3 runways.
- The Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum in the terminal recounts early aviation history in Northeastern Indiana.
- At the end of World War II, the city of Fort Wayne bought the airport from the federal government's General Services Administration for $1, renaming it Baer Field/Fort Wayne Municipal Airport in 1946.
- The closest airport to Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Smith Field (SMD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) N of FWA.
- The furthest airport from Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,226 miles (18,066 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to Delta, United, and later American, locally-based Hub Airlines and other regional airlines flew to the airport in the 1960s and 1970s.
- In 2006 a modernized 210 feet air traffic control tower was opened on the south side of Fort Wayne International Airport, at a price of $9.7 million.
- By 2000 Fort Wayne International Airport was handling record traffic.
- Fort Wayne International Airport and the Fort Wayne – Allen County Airport Authority introduced a new website in February 2013.
- Because of Fort Wayne International Airport's relatively low elevation of 814 feet, planes can take off or land at Fort Wayne International 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.
Facts about Kurumoch International Airport (KUF):
- As Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, was re-elected in Russia's 2012 Presidential Elections, his ideas of boosting regional and overall commercial aviation in Russia has greatly inflicted the idea of building a new airport for Samara.
- Kurumoch International Airport (KUF) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Kurumoch International Airport (KUF) is Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport (ULY), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) NW of KUF.
- In addition to being known as "Kurumoch International Airport", another name for KUF is "Международный аэропорт «Курумоч»".
- Because of Kurumoch International Airport's relatively low elevation of 477 feet, planes can take off or land at Kurumoch International 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 Kurumoch International Airport (KUF) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 10,340 miles (16,640 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.