Nonstop flight route between Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Lomé, Togo:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU), Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States and Lomé–Tokoin Airport (LFW), Lomé, Togo would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,846 miles (or 11,017 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 Lomé–Tokoin 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 Lomé–Tokoin 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):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• For the 12-month period ending April 9, 2011, the airport had 150 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 12 per month.
• 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.
• In the 1980s, the airport was chosen as a launch site for NASA's high altitude balloon program.
• Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) has 2 runways.
• Current two operational balloon launch campaigns are conducted at the airport each year.
• In addition to being known as "Fort Sumner Municipal Airport", another name for FSU is "Fort Sumner Army Airfield".

Facts about Lomé–Tokoin Airport (LFW):

• The closest airport to Lomé–Tokoin Airport (LFW) is Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (COO), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) E of LFW.
• In addition to being known as "Lomé–Tokoin Airport", another name for LFW is "Gnassingbé Eyadéma International".
• Because of Lomé–Tokoin Airport's relatively low elevation of 72 feet, planes can take off or land at Lomé–Tokoin 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.
• Lomé–Tokoin Airport handled 241,079 passengers last year.
• Lomé–Tokoin Airport (LFW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Lomé–Tokoin Airport (LFW) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Lomé–Tokoin Airport (meaning Lomé–Tokoin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,221 miles (19,668 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.