Nonstop flight route between Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States and Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS), Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 713 miles (or 1,148 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 Cheyenne Regional Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CYS / KCYS |
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Location: | Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°9'20"N by 104°48'38"W |
Area Served: | Cheyenne, Wyoming |
Operator/Owner: | Cheyenne Regional Airport Board |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6159 feet (1,877 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CYS |
More Information: | CYS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DFW / KDFW |
Airport Name: | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport |
Location: | Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°53'48"N by 97°2'17"W |
Area Served: | Dallas–Fort Worth |
Operator/Owner: | City of DallasCity of Fort Worth |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 607 feet (185 meters) |
# of Runways: | 7 |
View all routes: | Routes from DFW |
More Information: | DFW Maps & Info |
Facts about Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS):
- Because of Cheyenne Regional Airport's high elevation of 6,159 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CYS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CYS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Cheyenne Regional Airport", another name for CYS is "Jerry Olson Field".
- Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS) has 2 runways.
- Cheyenne's airport saw its first commercial passengers in the 1920s.
- Cheyenne Regional Airport is the home of Cheyenne Air National Guard Base, the main operating base for the Wyoming Air National Guard and the Wyoming Army National Guard.
- United Airlines stopped at Cheyenne until 1960.
- Cheyenne Regional Airport, also known as Jerry Olson Field, is a civil-military public airport one mile north of downtown Cheyenne, in Laramie County, Wyoming.
- The closest airport to Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS) is Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (FEW), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) WSW of CYS.
- The furthest airport from Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,803 miles (17,385 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW):
- As early as 1927, before the area had an airport, Dallas proposed a joint airport with Fort Worth.
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport handled 60,470,507 passengers last year.
- The joint airport proposal was revisited in 1961 after the FAA refused to invest more money in separate Dallas and Fort Worth airports.
- This terminal was originally called "Terminal 2W" when the airport first opened.
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has 7 runways.
- From 2004 to 2012, DFW was one of two US Army "Personnel Assistance Points" which received US troops returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for rest and recuperation.
- Delta Air Lines also built up a hub operation at DFW, which occupied most of Terminal 4E through the 1990s.
- The furthest airport from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,926 miles (17,583 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Dallas/Fort Worth 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.
- The closest airport to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is Dallas Love Field (DAL), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of DFW.