Nonstop flight route between Gunnison, Colorado, United States and Laurel, Mississippi, 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 Hesler-Noble Field (LUL), Laurel, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,108 miles (or 1,783 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 Hesler-Noble Field, 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: | LUL / KLUL |
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Location: | Laurel, Mississippi, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°40'23"N by 89°10'22"W |
Area Served: | Laurel, Mississippi |
Operator/Owner: | Laurel Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 238 feet (73 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LUL |
More Information: | LUL Maps & Info |
Facts about Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC):
- 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.
- Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) has 2 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.
- It is at 38°32′02″N 106°55′59″W / 38.53389°N 106.93306°W / 38.53389.
- 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.
Facts about Hesler-Noble Field (LUL):
- Because of Hesler-Noble Field's relatively low elevation of 238 feet, planes can take off or land at Hesler-Noble Field 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 furthest airport from Hesler-Noble Field (LUL) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,037 miles (17,763 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The closest airport to Hesler-Noble Field (LUL) is Hattiesburg–Laurel Regional Airport (PIB), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SW of LUL.
- In addition to being known as "Hesler-Noble Field", another name for LUL is "(former Laurel Army Airfield)".
- Hesler-Noble Field (LUL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Initially, the mission of the new Air Force field was to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico, with the 69th Observation Group flying the from November 1942 until March 1943.