Nonstop flight route between Raton, New Mexico, United States and Luleå, Sweden:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Raton Municipal Airport (RTN), Raton, New Mexico, United States and Luleå Airport (LLA), Luleå, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,817 miles (or 7,752 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 Raton Municipal Airport and Luleå 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 Raton Municipal Airport and Luleå Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RTN / KRTN |
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Location: | Raton, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°44'30"N by 104°30'7"W |
Area Served: | Raton, New Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | City of Raton |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6352 feet (1,936 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from RTN |
More Information: | RTN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LLA / ESPA |
Airport Name: | Luleå Airport |
Location: | Luleå, Sweden |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°32'36"N by 22°7'18"E |
Operator/Owner: | Swedavia |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 65 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LLA |
More Information: | LLA Maps & Info |
Facts about Raton Municipal Airport (RTN):
- The furthest airport from Raton Municipal Airport (RTN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,053 miles (17,788 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- In addition to being known as "Raton Municipal Airport", another name for RTN is "Crews Field".
- Because of Raton Municipal Airport's high elevation of 6,352 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at RTN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make RTN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Raton Municipal Airport (RTN) has 2 runways.
- Raton Municipal Airport is a city owned, public airport 12 miles southwest of Raton, in Colfax County, New Mexico.
- Until around 1954 Continental Airlines stopped there, a DC-3 a day each way between Denver and Albuquerque, but Raton may not have seen an airliner since then.
- The closest airport to Raton Municipal Airport (RTN) is Perry Stokes Airport (TAD), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) NNE of RTN.
Facts about Luleå Airport (LLA):
- The closest airport to Luleå Airport (LLA) is Skellefteå Airport (SFT), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) SSW of LLA.
- The furthest airport from Luleå Airport (LLA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,777 miles (17,343 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Luleå Airport (LLA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Luleå Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Luleå 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.