Nonstop flight route between Gunnison, Colorado, United States and Forbes, New South Wales, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC), Gunnison, Colorado, United States and Forbes Airport (FRB), Forbes, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,352 miles (or 13,441 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 Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport and Forbes 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 Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport and Forbes Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC):

• 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.
• Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) has 2 runways.
• Gunnison–Crested Butte Regional Airport covers 1,600 acres and had two runways.
• 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.
• Passengers at Gunnison are mainly vacationers coming to the area for year-round outdoor activities, such as skiing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, mountain biking, fishing, rafting, hiking and camping.
• Gunnison–Crested Butte Regional Airport is a county owned, public airport one mile southwest of Gunnison, in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.
• 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.
• It is at 38°32′02″N 106°55′59″W / 38.53389°N 106.93306°W / 38.53389.

Facts about Forbes Airport (FRB):

• Because of Forbes Airport's relatively low elevation of 760 feet, planes can take off or land at Forbes 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.
• Forbes Airport (FRB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Forbes Airport (FRB) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Forbes Airport (meaning Forbes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,034 miles (19,367 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Forbes Airport (FRB) is Condobolin Airport (CBX), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) WNW of FRB.