Nonstop flight route between Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States and Sélibaby, Mauritania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS), Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States and Sélibaby Airport (SEY), Sélibaby, Mauritania would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,665 miles (or 9,117 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 Cheyenne Regional Airport and Sélibaby 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 Cheyenne Regional Airport and Sélibaby Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• United Airlines stopped at Cheyenne until 1960.
• The Boeing/United Airlines Terminal Building, Hangar and Fountain, built for what would become United Airlines between 1929 and 1934, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
• Great Lakes Airlines flies 19-passenger Beechcraft 1900Ds to Cheyenne.
• 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.
• Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Cheyenne Regional Airport", another name for CYS is "Jerry Olson Field".
• 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.

Facts about Sélibaby Airport (SEY):

• The closest airport to Sélibaby Airport (SEY) is Bakel Airport (BXE), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) SW of SEY.
• Sélibaby Airport (SEY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Sélibaby Airport (SEY) is Longana Airport (LOD), which is nearly antipodal to Sélibaby Airport (meaning Sélibaby Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Longana Airport), and is located 12,422 miles (19,992 kilometers) away in Longana, Ambae Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu.
• Because of Sélibaby Airport's relatively low elevation of 262 feet, planes can take off or land at Sélibaby 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.