Nonstop flight route between Clovis, New Mexico, United States and Kiryat Shmona (Qiryat Shemona), Israel:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN), Clovis, New Mexico, United States and Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), Kiryat Shmona (Qiryat Shemona), Israel would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,050 miles (or 11,346 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 Clovis Municipal Airport and Kiryat Shmona 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 Clovis Municipal Airport and Kiryat Shmona Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN):

• Because of Clovis Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,216 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CVN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CVN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,127 miles (17,907 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Clovis Municipal Airport (CVN) is Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of CVN.
• Clovis Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located six nautical miles east of the central business district of Clovis, a city in Curry County, New Mexico, United States.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,419 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 2,028 enplanements in 2009, and 2,165 in 2010.

Facts about Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW):

• Its history, based on lack of economic viability and local political differences, has seen various closures and reopenings.
• Kiryat Shemona and its airport in the background
• In 2006, the new airport terminal was opened.
• Tamir Airways announced that it would stop flying to Upper Galilee shortly before the Second Lebanon War broke out, but they changed their mind because they saw it as a "mission of national importance".
• Currently, the airport operator and the mayor of Kiryat Shmona have yet to resolve the dispute and because of this the airport does not function.
• The closest airport to Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) is Beirut Air Base (BEY), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) N of KSW.
• Because of Kiryat Shmona Airport's relatively low elevation of 376 feet, planes can take off or land at Kiryat Shmona 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.
• The next closest airport is Ben Ya'akov near Rosh Pina, 30 km south.
• Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,579 miles (18,635 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.