Nonstop flight route between Montrose, Colorado, United States and Tampa, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), Montrose, Colorado, United States and Tampa International Airport (TPA), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,629 miles (or 2,621 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 Montrose Regional Airport and Tampa International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MTJ / KMTJ |
Airport Name: | Montrose Regional Airport |
Location: | Montrose, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°30'35"N by 107°53'39"W |
Operator/Owner: | Montrose County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5759 feet (1,755 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MTJ |
More Information: | MTJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TPA / KTPA |
Airport Name: | Tampa International Airport |
Location: | Tampa, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°58'32"N by 82°31'59"W |
Area Served: | Tampa, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | Hillsborough County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from TPA |
More Information: | TPA Maps & Info |
Facts about Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ):
- The furthest airport from Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,040 miles (17,766 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Monarch Airlines started flying to Montrose in the 1940s.
- Because of Montrose Regional Airport's high elevation of 5,759 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MTJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MTJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Montrose Regional Airport is remodeling and expanding the passenger terminal adding 10,935 sq.
- Montrose Regional Airport is a non-towered public airport on the northwest side of Montrose, in zip code 81401 in the southwest corner of Colorado.
- Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ) has 2 runways.
- Montrose Regional Airport was dedicated June 25, 1988, with Chuck Yeager cutting the ribbon.
- The closest airport to Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ) is Telluride Regional Airport (TEX), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) S of MTJ.
Facts about Tampa International Airport (TPA):
- The United States Army Air Corps began negotiating for the use Drew Field in 1939 during the buildup of military forces prior to World War II.
- Tampa International Airport (TPA) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of TPA.
- The airport's people mover system was the first such system in the world.
- There has been a propensity in local Tampa Bay area news media outlets and other business and governmental entities in the Tampa Bay region outside of the professional aviation community to refer to the airport as "TIA" versus the airport's actual airport code of "TPA" in either reporting or reference.
- Both Delta Air Lines and US Airways opened maintenance bases at the airport.
- Today, TPA Airport handles about 16.6 million passengers per year) and improvements currently in progress will increase capacity to 25-million passengers a year.
- Because of Tampa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Tampa International 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.
- The furthest airport from Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,435 miles (18,403 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.