Nonstop flight route between Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Austin, Minnesota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU), Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Austin Municipal Airport (AUM), Austin, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 875 miles (or 1,408 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 Fort Sumner Municipal Airport and Austin Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FSU / KFSU | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°29'16"N by 104°13'0"W | 
| Area Served: | Fort Sumner, New Mexico | 
| Operator/Owner: | Village of Fort Sumner | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4165 feet (1,269 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from FSU | 
| More Information: | FSU Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AUM / KAUM | 
| Airport Name: | Austin Municipal Airport | 
| Location: | Austin, Minnesota, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 43°39'45"N by 92°55'58"W | 
| Area Served: | Austin, MN | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Austin | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1234 feet (376 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from AUM | 
| More Information: | AUM Maps & Info | 
Facts about Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU):
- For the 12-month period ending April 9, 2011, the airport had 150 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 12 per month.
- Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) has 2 runways.
- On August 6, 1944, the airfield was transferred to Second Air Force, where it became a replacement facility for B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator crew training.
- The closest airport to Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) is Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) E of FSU.
- The furthest airport from Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,167 miles (17,971 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- In addition to being known as "Fort Sumner Municipal Airport", another name for FSU is "Fort Sumner Army Airfield".
- Because of Fort Sumner Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,165 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FSU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FSU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The airfield's origins date to the 1920s when the Transcontinental Air Transport airline built an airfield in Fort Sumner as part of its coast-to-coast air passenger network, but the site was abandoned when the airline's ambitious plans collapsed in the Great Depression.
Facts about Austin Municipal Airport (AUM):
- The closest airport to Austin Municipal Airport (AUM) is Albert Lea Municipal Airport (AEL), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) W of AUM.
- Austin Municipal Airport (AUM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Austin Municipal Airport (AUM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,795 miles (17,372 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.




