Nonstop flight route between Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Formosa, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU), Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Formosa International Airport (FMA), Formosa, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,162 miles (or 8,307 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 Fort Sumner Municipal Airport and Formosa 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 Fort Sumner Municipal Airport and Formosa 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 Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU):

• Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) has 2 runways.
• For the 12-month period ending April 9, 2011, the airport had 150 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 12 per month.
• 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.
• The facility was inactivated on November 15, 1945 and returned to civil control.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Fort Sumner Municipal Airport", another name for FSU is "Fort Sumner Army Airfield".
• 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.

Facts about Formosa International Airport (FMA):

• Formosa International Airport (FMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Formosa International Airport (FMA) is Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (TSA), which is nearly antipodal to Formosa International Airport (meaning Formosa International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport)), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China.
• In addition to being known as "Formosa International Airport", another name for FMA is "El Pucú Airport".
• Because of Formosa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 194 feet, planes can take off or land at Formosa 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 Formosa International Airport (FMA) is Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) S of FMA.