Nonstop flight route between Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States and Tucson, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS), Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States and Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 711 miles (or 1,144 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 Tucson International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Cheyenne Regional Airport", another name for CYS is "Jerry Olson Field".
• Cheyenne ANGB occupies approximately 77 acres of leased land on the Cheyenne Regional Airport.
• Cheyenne Regional Airport (CYS) has 2 runways.
• 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.

Facts about Tucson International Airport (TUS):

• The closest airport to Tucson International Airport (TUS) is Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of TUS.
• Tucson International Airport handled 1,779,679 passengers last year.
• In 1919 Tucson opened the first municipally owned airport in the United States.
• There are two air freight facilities located east of the Main Terminal, off Airport Drive.
• Tucson International Airport (TUS) has 3 runways.
• Tucson International Airport hosts Tucson Air National Guard Base, a 92-acre complex on the northwest corner of the airport that is home to the 162d Fighter Wing, an Air Education and Training Command -gained unit of the Arizona Air National Guard.
• In 1948 the Tucson Airport Authority was created as a non-profit corporation to operate the airport and oversee policy decisions.
• The furthest airport from Tucson International Airport (TUS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,513 miles (18,528 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• On November 15, 1963 a new terminal designed by Terry Atkinson opened with an international inspection station.