Nonstop flight route between Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Farmington, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN), Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN), Farmington, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,229 miles (or 8,416 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 Cologne/Bonn Airport and Four Corners 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 Cologne/Bonn Airport and Four Corners 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 Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN):

• The closest airport to Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NNW of CGN.
• The airport has its own exit on motorway A59 which links it to the city centres of Cologne and Bonn as well as the Ruhrgebiet.
• The airport is located in the district of Porz and is surrounded by the Wahner Heide nature reserve.
• Also, the Canadian Forces began to use the airport as a staging area to move troops and supplies in support of humanitarian missions and possible anti-terrorism roles.
• Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) has 3 runways.
• In April 2014 Ryanair announced the opening of their fifth German base at Cologne/Bonn Airport for October 2014.
• After World War II the British military took over and expanded the airport.
• During the 50s and 60s two more runways and a new terminal were constructed.
• The furthest airport from Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,921 miles (19,185 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Cologne/Bonn Airport handled 9,280,070 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Cologne/Bonn Airport", another name for CGN is "Flughafen Köln/Bonn".
• Because of Cologne/Bonn Airport's relatively low elevation of 302 feet, planes can take off or land at Cologne/Bonn 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.

Facts about Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN):

• Because of Four Corners Regional Airport's high elevation of 5,506 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FMN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FMN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,158 miles (17,957 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Four Corners Regional Airport was served by the original Frontier Airlines, Sunwest Airlines, Air Midwest, Aspen Airways, Trans Colorado Airlines, America West Express, Continental Express, United Express, American Eagle, and USAirways Express.
• The closest airport to Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN) is Animas Air Park (AMK), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) NNE of FMN.