Nonstop flight route between Assab, Eritrea and Columbus, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Assab International Airport (ASA), Assab, Eritrea and Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS), Columbus, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,763 miles (or 14,103 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 Assab International Airport and Columbus Municipal 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 Assab International Airport and Columbus Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Assab International Airport (ASA):

• Because of Assab International Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Assab 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.
• Assab International Airport (ASA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Assab International Airport (ASA) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Assab International Airport (meaning Assab International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,182 miles (19,606 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Assab International Airport (ASA) is Obock Airport (OBC), which is located 87 miles (141 kilometers) SSE of ASA.

Facts about Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS):

• The airport's operations ceased abruptly with the arrest of the notorious "Columbus Air Force" drug-running gang by the DEA in the late 1970s.
• During the Mexican Revolution, hundreds of Pancho Villa's horsemen crossed the United States border and raided Columbus, New Mexico on 9 March 1916.
• The next use of the airfield was when the Department of Commerce refitted the facility as one of its network of Intermediate Landing Fields, which were established in the 1920s & 1930s to serve as emergency landing fields along commercial airways between major cities.
• The furthest airport from Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,433 miles (18,400 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Twelve R-2s were delivered to the squadron in May, but the planes, which had been very hastily constructed, were missing vital spare parts and had faulty wiring and leaky fuel tanks.
• A building at the airport was used as a terminal, with a communication & weather station.
• Today, efforts are being made to restore part of the airport and re-establish it as an active facility for general aviation.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Municipal Airport", other names for CUS include "Historical Airport", "Modern Airfield" and "0NM0".
• Because of Columbus Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,024 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CUS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CUS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) is Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) N of CUS.
• Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) currently has only 1 runway.