Nonstop flight route between Calvi, Corsica, France and Grand Junction, Colorado, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY), Calvi, Corsica, France and Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT), Grand Junction, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,566 miles (or 8,957 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 Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport and Grand Junction 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 Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport and Grand Junction 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 Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY):

• The furthest airport from Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (meaning Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,158 miles (19,566 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY) is Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) E of CLY.
• Because of Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport's relatively low elevation of 209 feet, planes can take off or land at Calvi - Sainte-Catherine 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.
• Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport", another name for CLY is "Aéroport de Calvi - Sainte-Catherine".

Facts about Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT):

• Because of Grand Junction Regional Airport's high elevation of 4,858 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GJT. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GJT a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The airport covers 2,357 acres at an elevation of 4,858 feet.
• In addition to being known as "Grand Junction Regional Airport", another name for GJT is "Walker Field".
• The closest airport to Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT) is Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) ENE of GJT.
• The furthest airport from Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,014 miles (17,726 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT) has 2 runways.
• Other jet airlines at Grand Junction included Continental Airlines to Denver during the 1980s and early 1990s flying Boeing 727-100s, 727-200s and 737-200s as well as Douglas DC-9-10s and DC-9-30s during those years when Continental operated a hub at Denver, Western Airlines Boeing 737-200s nonstop to SFO in winter of 1975-76, and America West Airlines Boeing 737-200s nonstop to Phoenix in the 1980s.