Nonstop flight route between Raton, New Mexico, United States and Lincoln, Nebraska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Raton Municipal Airport (RTN), Raton, New Mexico, United States and Lincoln Airport (LNK), Lincoln, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 504 miles (or 811 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 Raton Municipal Airport and Lincoln Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RTN / KRTN |
Airport Names: |
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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: | LNK / KLNK |
Airport Name: | Lincoln Airport |
Location: | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°51'3"N by 96°45'33"W |
Area Served: | Southeastern and central Nebraska |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lincoln |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 1219 feet (372 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from LNK |
More Information: | LNK Maps & Info |
Facts about Raton Municipal Airport (RTN):
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Lincoln Airport (LNK):
- During the 1960s, the two primary air carriers providing scheduled passenger service into Lincoln were United Airlines and the original Frontier Airlines.
- In 1952 the facility was re-opened as Lincoln Air Force Base.
- In 2005, Northwest Airlines offered service to Memphis, but discontinued the route within nine months.
- Lincoln Airport is a public/military airport five miles northwest of downtown Lincoln, the state capital, in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
- The closest airport to Lincoln Airport (LNK) is Beatrice Municipal Airport (BIE), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) S of LNK.
- Lincoln Airport was featured in the 2013 Walt Disney Pictures movie - Planes.
- The furthest airport from Lincoln Airport (LNK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,635 miles (17,115 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- ExpressJet operating as United Express currently operates Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet flights to Chicago and Denver on behalf of United Airlines.
- Lincoln Airport (LNK) has 3 runways.