Nonstop flight route between Carlisle, England, United Kingdom and Telluride, Colorado, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Carlisle Lake District Airport (CAX), Carlisle, England, United Kingdom and Telluride Regional Airport (TEX), Telluride, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,652 miles (or 7,487 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 Carlisle Lake District Airport and Telluride Regional 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 Carlisle Lake District Airport and Telluride Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Carlisle Lake District Airport (CAX):

• The furthest airport from Carlisle Lake District Airport (CAX) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,756 miles (18,919 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The airport is also home to the Solway Aviation Museum.
• In the early 1930s, Cumbria County Council opened Kingstown Municipal Airport, at the time outside the borough boundaries which later became the RAF Kingstown and is now Kingstown or Kingmoor Industrial estate.
• On 7 April 2006, Haughey Airports was acquired by WA Developments, which had acquired Eddie Stobart Ltd., the UK's largest haulage contractor, in February 2004.
• In 1997, the council agreed to extend the runway to allow Boeing 737's to land into a new air-cargo hub, but the proposal collapsed.
• Originally housing No.59 Operational Training Unit the station provided day training for Hawker Hurricane pilots, which was replaced by OTU17 Group Coastal Command in August 1942 for training long-range fighter crews on Bristol Beaufort and Bristol Beaufighter conversion squadrons, as well as air firing and night flying.
• Because of Carlisle Lake District Airport's relatively low elevation of 190 feet, planes can take off or land at Carlisle Lake District 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.
• Planning permission was granted in December 2008 for the Carlisle Lake District Airport expansion and other developments, including a resurfaced runway and new terminal, a major transport and distribution facility for Eddie Stobart Ltd, along with a joint headquarters building.
• Carlisle Lake District Airport (CAX) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Carlisle Lake District Airport (CAX) is Newcastle Airport (NCL), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) E of CAX.

Facts about Telluride Regional Airport (TEX):

• The furthest airport from Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,075 miles (17,823 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Between April 7 and November 4 of 2009 the Telluride runway was closed for a $24 million runway renovation.
• The closest airport to Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) is Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) N of TEX.
• Because of Telluride Regional Airport's high elevation of 9,070 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TEX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TEX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In the 1990s the airport had winter nonstop passenger flights to Los Angeles and Phoenix.
• Telluride Regional Airport covers 542 acres and has one runway, 9/27, 6,911 by 100 feet.
• Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Telluride Regional Airport is a public airport six miles west of Telluride, in San Miguel County, Colorado.