Nonstop flight route between Greeley, Colorado, United States and Merowe, Sudan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY), Greeley, Colorado, United States and Merowe Airport (MWE), Merowe, Sudan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,500 miles (or 12,070 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 Greeley-Weld County Airport and Merowe 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 Greeley-Weld County Airport and Merowe Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GXY / KGXY |
Airport Name: | Greeley-Weld County Airport |
Location: | Greeley, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°26'15"N by 104°37'59"W |
Area Served: | Greeley, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | Greeley-Weld County Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4697 feet (1,432 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GXY |
More Information: | GXY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MWE / HSMR |
Airport Name: | Merowe Airport |
Location: | Merowe, Sudan |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°26'59"N by 31°49'58"E |
Area Served: | Merowe |
View all routes: | Routes from MWE |
More Information: | MWE Maps & Info |
Facts about Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY):
- Because of Greeley-Weld County Airport's high elevation of 4,697 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GXY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GXY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Greeley–Weld County Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles east of the central business district of Greeley, a city in Weld County, Colorado, United States.
- Greeley–Weld County Airport covers an area of 1,198 acres at an elevation of 4,697 feet above mean sea level.
- Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY) has 2 runways.
- The airport opened in June, 1944, as Greeley Municipal Airport.
- The closest airport to Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY) is Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of GXY.
- The furthest airport from Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,842 miles (17,448 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Merowe Airport (MWE):
- The closest airport to Merowe Airport (MWE) is Ad-Dabbah Airport (AAD), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) WSW of MWE.
- The furthest airport from Merowe Airport (MWE) is Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT), which is nearly antipodal to Merowe Airport (meaning Merowe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fa'a'ā International Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,833 kilometers) away in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.