Nonstop flight route between McMinnville, Tennessee, United States and Columbus, New Mexico, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Warren County Memorial Airport (RNC), McMinnville, Tennessee, United States and Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS), Columbus, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,277 miles (or 2,055 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 Warren County Memorial Airport and Columbus Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RNC / KRNC |
Airport Name: | Warren County Memorial Airport |
Location: | McMinnville, Tennessee, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°41'54"N by 85°50'38"W |
Area Served: | Warren County, Tennessee |
Operator/Owner: | Warren County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1032 feet (315 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RNC |
More Information: | RNC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CUS / |
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Location: | Columbus, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°49'29"N by 107°37'55"W |
Elevation: | 4024 feet (1,227 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CUS |
More Information: | CUS Maps & Info |
Facts about Warren County Memorial Airport (RNC):
- Warren County Memorial Airport (RNC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Warren County Memorial Airport (RNC) is Tullahoma Regional Airport (THA), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) SW of RNC.
- The furthest airport from Warren County Memorial Airport (RNC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,245 miles (18,097 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS):
- The closest airport to Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) is Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) N of CUS.
- After World War I, Columbus Airfield was used by the Army as part of their patrol flights along the Mexican border.
- A building at the airport was used as a terminal, with a communication & weather station.
- During the Mexican Revolution, hundreds of Pancho Villa's horsemen crossed the United States border and raided Columbus, New Mexico on 9 March 1916.
- Pershing crossed the border with 6,600 men a week after the Columbus raid.
- Because of Columbus Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,024 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CUS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CUS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The airport's operations ceased abruptly with the arrest of the notorious "Columbus Air Force" drug-running gang by the DEA in the late 1970s.
- The furthest airport from Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,433 miles (18,400 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Columbus Municipal Airport", other names for CUS include "Historical Airport", "Modern Airfield" and "0NM0".