Nonstop flight route between Five Mile, Alaska, United States and El Paso, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Five Mile Airport (FMC), Five Mile, Alaska, United States and El Paso International Airport (ELP), El Paso, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,962 miles (or 4,768 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 Five Mile Airport and El Paso International 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 Five Mile Airport and El Paso International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Five Mile Airport (FMC):

• The furthest airport from Five Mile Airport (FMC) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,222 miles (16,450 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Because of Five Mile Airport's relatively low elevation of 510 feet, planes can take off or land at Five Mile 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.
• In addition to being known as "Five Mile Airport", other names for FMC include "Five Mile Camp Airport" and "FVM".
• The closest airport to Five Mile Airport (FMC) is Stevens Village Airport (SVS), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) ENE of FMC.
• Five Mile Airport (FMC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about El Paso International Airport (ELP):

• During World War II, the airport was a United States Army Air Forces training base.
• El Paso International Airport handled 3,065,393 passengers last year.
• The city of El Paso built the first El Paso Municipal Airport near the east side of the Franklin Mountains in 1928.
• The passenger concourses were built in 1971 as part of an expansion that tripled the size of the airport.
• El Paso International Airport (ELP) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to El Paso International Airport (ELP) is Biggs Army Airfield (BIF), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) N of ELP.
• At the end of the war the airfield was deemed excess by the military and returned to the local government for civil use.
• The terminal is a pier-satellite layout.
• Airport diagram for January 1963
• The furthest airport from El Paso International Airport (ELP) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,389 miles (18,329 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.