Nonstop flight route between Alpine, Texas, United States and Carcassonne, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport (ALE), Alpine, Texas, United States and Carcassonne Airport (CCF), Carcassonne, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,530 miles (or 8,899 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 Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport and Carcassonne 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 Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport and Carcassonne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ALE / |
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Location: | Alpine, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°23'3"N by 103°41'0"W |
Area Served: | Alpine, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Alpine |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4515 feet (1,376 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ALE |
More Information: | ALE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CCF / LFMK |
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Location: | Carcassonne, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°12'56"N by 2°18'30"E |
Area Served: | Carcassonne, France |
Operator/Owner: | CCI Carcassonne Limoux Castelnaudary |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 434 feet (132 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CCF |
More Information: | CCF Maps & Info |
Facts about Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport (ALE):
- The furthest airport from Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport (ALE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,345 miles (18,257 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport (ALE) has 2 runways.
- The airport's only scheduled service as of January 2013 is a Monday through Friday cargo flight operated by Ameriflight on behalf of UPS to Midland, Texas.
- In addition to being known as "Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport", other names for ALE include "none" and "E38".
- Because of Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,515 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ALE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ALE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport (ALE) is Marfa Municipal Airport (MRF), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of ALE.
Facts about Carcassonne Airport (CCF):
- Carcassonne Airport (CCF) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Carcassonne Airport (CCF) is Castres - Mazamet Airport (DCM), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) N of CCF.
- The airport handles commercial national and international flights as well as private, non-regular air traffic.
- Because of Carcassonne Airport's relatively low elevation of 434 feet, planes can take off or land at Carcassonne 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.
- In 2011, the airport served 368,000 passengers.
- The furthest airport from Carcassonne Airport (CCF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Carcassonne Airport (meaning Carcassonne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,363 miles (19,896 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Carcassonne Airport", another name for CCF is "Aéroport de Carcassonne".