Nonstop flight route between Gunnison, Colorado, United States and Franklin, Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC), Gunnison, Colorado, United States and Franklin Municipal Airport (FKN), Franklin, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,641 miles (or 2,641 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 Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport and Franklin Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GUC / KGUC |
Airport Name: | Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport |
Location: | Gunnison, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°32'2"N by 106°55'59"W |
Area Served: | Gunnison, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | County of Gunnison |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7680 feet (2,341 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GUC |
More Information: | GUC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FKN / KFKN |
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Location: | Franklin, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°41'53"N by 76°54'14"W |
Area Served: | Franklin, Virginia |
Operator/Owner: | City of Franklin |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 41 feet (12 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FKN |
More Information: | FKN Maps & Info |
Facts about Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC):
- Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) is Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) N of GUC.
- In the months after the September 11 attacks, Gunnison–Crested Butte Regional Airport was one of several airports to have a temporary presence of National Guard.
- Gunnison–Crested Butte Regional Airport is a county owned, public airport one mile southwest of Gunnison, in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.
- Because of Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport's high elevation of 7,680 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GUC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GUC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,016 miles (17,728 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- It is at 38°32′02″N 106°55′59″W / 38.53389°N 106.93306°W / 38.53389.
- This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say it had 36,035 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 42,130 in 2009 and 37,316 in 2010.
Facts about Franklin Municipal Airport (FKN):
- Franklin Municipal Airport (FKN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Franklin Municipal Airport (FKN) is Naval Station Norfolk (NGU), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) ENE of FKN.
- Because of Franklin Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 41 feet, planes can take off or land at Franklin Municipal 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 "Franklin Municipal Airport", another name for FKN is "John Beverly Rose Field".
- The furthest airport from Franklin Municipal Airport (FKN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,734 miles (18,884 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.