Nonstop flight route between Columbus, New Mexico, United States and Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS), Columbus, New Mexico, United States and Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH), Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,510 miles (or 8,867 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 Columbus Municipal Airport and Stralsund Barth 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 Columbus Municipal Airport and Stralsund Barth Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS):

• 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.
• 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.
• Columbus Municipal Airport is historically recognized as the birthplace of American air power.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Municipal Airport", other names for CUS include "Historical Airport", "Modern Airfield" and "0NM0".
• 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.
• Using its base in Columbus, the 1st Aero Squadron concentrated on carrying mail and dispatches between Columbus and Pershing's Army columns moving south into Mexico.
• Pershing crossed the border with 6,600 men a week after the Columbus raid.
• Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) currently has only 1 runway.
• President Woodrow Wilson immediately asked President Carranza of Mexico for permission to send United States troops into his country, and Carranza reluctantly gave permission "for the sole purpose of capturing the bandit Villa." Wilson then ordered General John J.
• 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.

Facts about Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH):

• Modern airport runway
• Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Stralsund Barth Airport", another name for BBH is "Flughafen Stralsund Barth".
• Stralsund Barth Airport is a regional airport serving the city of Stralsund, Germany.
• The closest airport to Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) is Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) E of BBH.
• The furthest airport from Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,601 miles (18,669 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Light aircraft used for popular sightseeing flights in the Vorpommern-Rügen region
• The old airport terminal in 2005