Nonstop flight route between Columbus, New Mexico, United States and Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS), Columbus, New Mexico, United States and Tulsa International Airport (TUL), Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 737 miles (or 1,186 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 relatively short distance between Columbus Municipal Airport and Tulsa International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CUS / |
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Location: | Columbus, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°49'29"N by 107°37'55"W |
Elevation: | 4024 feet (1,227 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CUS |
More Information: | CUS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TUL / KTUL |
Airport Name: | Tulsa International Airport |
Location: | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°11'53"N by 95°53'17"W |
Area Served: | Northeast Oklahoma |
Operator/Owner: | City of Tulsa |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 677 feet (206 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from TUL |
More Information: | TUL Maps & Info |
Facts about Columbus Municipal Airport (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.
- 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.
- 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 fliers arrived on 20 April 1916, and found four new Curtiss N-8s, an export version of the JN-4, the latest model of the Jenny.
- 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.
- Pershing crossed the border with 6,600 men a week after the Columbus raid.
- Columbus Municipal Airport is an abandoned airport in New Mexico.
- 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.
- 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.
- Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Columbus Municipal Airport", other names for CUS include "Historical Airport", "Modern Airfield" and "0NM0".
Facts about Tulsa International Airport (TUL):
- Because of Tulsa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 677 feet, planes can take off or land at Tulsa 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.
- Spirit AeroSystems builds Boeing Wing and floor beam parts and Gulfstream Wing parts in a facility on the east side of the airport, just north of runway 26.
- In 1932, the city opened a more elegant Art Deco terminal topped with a control tower.
- The furthest airport from Tulsa International Airport (TUL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,743 miles (17,289 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The airport consists of a central terminal which is connected to either Concourse A or Concourse B.
- Richard Lloyd Jones Jr.
- The Tulsa Air and Space Museum was established in 1998 on the northwest side of the airport.
- In 2010 the airport embarked on a major renovation of the 1960s era terminal.
- Tulsa International Airport (TUL) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Tulsa International Airport (TUL) is Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (RVS), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) SSW of TUL.
- Tulsa International Airport handled 2,794,469 passengers last year.
- The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is on the northwest side of the airport.
- The April 1957 OAG shows 20 departures each weekday on American, 18 Braniff, 6 Continental, 6 Central and 4 TWA.