Nonstop flight route between Mount Cook, New Zealand and Gunnison, Colorado, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mount Cook Airport (MON), Mount Cook, New Zealand and Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC), Gunnison, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,682 miles (or 12,363 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 Mount Cook Airport and Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional 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 Mount Cook Airport and Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MON / NZMC |
Airport Name: | Mount Cook Airport |
Location: | Mount Cook, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°46'0"S by 170°8'8"E |
Operator/Owner: | Aoraki Mount Cook Airport Ltd |
Elevation: | 2153 feet (656 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MON |
More Information: | MON Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Mount Cook Airport (MON):
- Mount Cook Airport (MON) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Mount Cook Airport (MON) is Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) S of MON.
- The furthest airport from Mount Cook Airport (MON) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is nearly antipodal to Mount Cook Airport (meaning Mount Cook Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from A Coruña Airport), and is located 12,356 miles (19,885 kilometers) away in A Coruña, Spain.
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.
- It is at 38°32′02″N 106°55′59″W / 38.53389°N 106.93306°W / 38.53389.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) has 2 runways.