Nonstop flight route between Fort Worth, Texas, United States and Tulcán, Ecuador:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW), Fort Worth, Texas, United States and Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA), Tulcán, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,562 miles (or 4,124 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 Worth Alliance Airport and Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla 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 Worth Alliance Airport and Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW):

• Because of Fort Worth Alliance Airport's relatively low elevation of 722 feet, planes can take off or land at Fort Worth Alliance 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 Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,936 miles (17,600 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• By the 1990s, the annual passenger air traffic at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport had exceeded the airport's capacity, and a solution was proposed to repeal the Wright Amendment and open Alliance Airport to passenger service, effectively providing DFW with two reliever airports.
• The closest airport to Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW) is Fort Worth Meacham Int'l Airport (FTW), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of AFW.
• American Airlines closed its maintenance base in December 2012 during Chapter 11.
• Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW) has 2 runways.

Facts about Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA):

• The furthest airport from Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) is Depati Parbo Airport (KRC), which is nearly antipodal to Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (meaning Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Depati Parbo Airport), and is located 12,331 miles (19,845 kilometers) away in Kerinci, Indonesia.
• Because of Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport's high elevation of 9,649 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TUA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TUA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) is San Luis Airport (IPI), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of TUA.