Nonstop flight route between Raton, New Mexico, United States and Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands:
Departure Airport:
(36°44'30"N by 104°30'7"W)
Arrival Airport:
(14°10'27"N by 145°14'33"E)
Distance from RTN to ROP:
6,704.55 miles (10,789.89 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Raton Municipal Airport (RTN), Raton, New Mexico, United States and Rota International Airport (ROP), Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,705 miles (or 10,790 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 Rota International 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 Rota International 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 |
| 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: | ROP / PGRO |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 14°10'27"N by 145°14'33"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Commonwealth Ports Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 607 feet (185 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ROP |
| More Information: | ROP Maps & Info |
Facts about Raton Municipal Airport (RTN):
- The closest airport to Raton Municipal Airport (RTN) is Perry Stokes Airport (TAD), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) NNE of RTN.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Raton Municipal Airport", another name for RTN is "Crews Field".
- 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 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.
- Raton Municipal Airport covers 1,280 acres at an elevation of 6,352 feet above mean sea level.
Facts about Rota International Airport (ROP):
- Because of Rota International Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Rota 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 Rota International Airport (ROP) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Rota International Airport (meaning Rota International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,182 miles (19,605 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Rota International Airport (ROP) is Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) SSW of ROP.
- In addition to being known as "Rota International Airport", another name for ROP is "GRO".
- Rota International Airport (ROP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Rota International Airport covers an area of 820 acres which contains one paved runway measuring 6,000 x 150 ft.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 36.86 miles (59.33 km) NNE | Perry Stokes Airport (TAD) | Trinidad, Colorado, United States |     |
| 2 | 67.81 miles (109.13 km) WSW | Taos Regional Airport (TSM) | Taos, New Mexico, United States | |
| 3 | 77.75 miles (125.13 km) ESE | Clayton Municipal Airpark (CAO) | Clayton, New Mexico, United States | |
| 4 | 83.19 miles (133.88 km) SSW | Las Vegas Municipal Airport (LVS) | Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States | |
| 5 | 89.15 miles (143.47 km) WNW | San Luis Valley Regional Airport (ALS) | Alamosa, Colorado, United States | |
| 6 | 99.05 miles (159.41 km) WSW | Ohkay Owingeh Airport (ESO) | Española, New Mexico, United States | |
| 7 | 106.92 miles (172.07 km) N | Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB) | Pueblo, Colorado, United States | |
| 8 | 114.97 miles (185.03 km) WSW | Los Alamos Airport (LAM) | Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States | |
| 9 | 117.77 miles (189.54 km) SW | Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | |
| 10 | 118.87 miles (191.30 km) SSE | Tucumcari Municipal Airport (TCC) | Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States | |
| 11 | 119.56 miles (192.41 km) ESE | Dalhart Municipal Airport (DHT) | Dalhart, Texas, United States | |
| 12 | 135.37 miles (217.86 km) NE | Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) | Lamar, Colorado, United States | |
| 13 | 143.03 miles (230.19 km) N | City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS) | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States | |
| 14 | 145.80 miles (234.65 km) WNW | Stevens Field (FAA: PSO) (PGO) | Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States | |
| 15 | 150.22 miles (241.76 km) NW | Harriet Alexander Field (SLT) | Salida, Colorado, United States | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,053.03 miles (17,788.08 km) SE | Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG) | Rodrigues Island, Mauritius | |
| 2 | 10,880.77 miles (17,510.86 km) SE | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) | Plaisance, Mauritius | |
| 3 | 10,829.08 miles (17,427.67 km) SE | Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE) | Saint-Pierre, Réunion | |
| 4 | 10,811.57 miles (17,399.49 km) SE | Roland Garros Airport (RUN) | St Denis, Réunion, France | |
| 5 | 10,570.99 miles (17,012.31 km) ESE | Tôlanaro Airport (FTU) | Tôlanaro, Madagascar | |
| 6 | 10,487.40 miles (16,877.79 km) ESE | Mananjary Airport (MNJ) | Mananjary, Madagascar | |
| 7 | 10,440.65 miles (16,802.56 km) ESE | Ampanihy Airport (AMP) | Ampanihy, Madagascar | |
| 8 | 10,435.18 miles (16,793.76 km) ESE | Fianarantsoa Airport (WFI) | Fianarantsoa, Madagascar | |
| 9 | 10,394.82 miles (16,728.80 km) ESE | Toamasino Airport (TMM) | Toamasina, Madagascar | |
| 10 | 10,364.69 miles (16,680.31 km) SE | Sainte Marie Airport (SMS) | Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar | |
| 11 | 10,335.79 miles (16,633.80 km) ESE | Ivato International Airport (TNR) | Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
| 12 | 10,291.09 miles (16,561.86 km) ESE | Manja Airport (MJA) | Manja, Menabe, Madagascar | |
| 13 | 10,285.26 miles (16,552.47 km) SW | Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK) | Cocos Islands, Australia | |
| 14 | 10,280.76 miles (16,545.23 km) SE | Antsirabato Airport (ANM) | Antalaha, Madagascar | |
| 15 | 10,270.04 miles (16,527.99 km) ESE | Miandrivazo Airport (ZVA) | Miandrivazo, Madagascar | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 46.21 miles (74.37 km) SSW | Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) | Agana, Guam | |
| 2 | 56.29 miles (90.59 km) SSW | Guam International Airport (GUM) | Hagåtña, Guam | |
| 3 | 62.31 miles (100.28 km) NNE | Tinian International Airport (TIQ) | Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands | |
| 4 | 72.92 miles (117.36 km) NNE | Saipan International Airport (SPN) | Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands | |
| 5 | 466.91 miles (751.42 km) SW | Falalop Airfield (ULI) | Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 6 | 581.93 miles (936.52 km) WSW | Yap International Airport (YAP) | Yap, Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 7 | 644.59 miles (1,037.36 km) SE | Chuuk International Airport (TKK) | Weno, Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 8 | 776.09 miles (1,249.00 km) NNW | Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan | |
| 9 | 864.74 miles (1,391.67 km) WSW | Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR) | Koror, Palau | |
| 10 | 901.16 miles (1,450.27 km) NE | Minamitorishima Air Field (MUS) | Minami-Tori-shima, Japan | |
| 11 | 1,010.48 miles (1,626.21 km) ESE | Pohnpei International Airport (PNI) | Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 12 | 1,131.73 miles (1,821.33 km) S | Momote Airport (MAS) | Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea | |
| 13 | 1,139.80 miles (1,834.32 km) SSE | Emirau Airport (EMI) | Emirau, Papua New Guinea | |
| 14 | 1,167.55 miles (1,878.98 km) E | Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (ENT) | Enewetak, Marshall Islands | |
| 15 | 1,200.95 miles (1,932.74 km) SSW | Batom Airport (BXM) | Batom, Indonesia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,181.86 miles (19,604.76 km) ESE | Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA) | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | |
| 2 | 12,166.73 miles (19,580.41 km) SE | Aracaju–Santa Maria Airport (AJU) | Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil | |
| 3 | 12,147.37 miles (19,549.25 km) E | Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS) | Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil | |
| 4 | 12,109.17 miles (19,487.77 km) ESE | Porto Seguro Airport (BPS) | Porto Seguro, Brazil | |
| 5 | 12,107.62 miles (19,485.28 km) SSE | Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ) | Maceió, Brazil | |
| 6 | 12,025.67 miles (19,353.38 km) E | Pedro Otacílio Figueiredo Airport (VDC) | Vitória da Conquista, Brazil | |
| 7 | 12,018.77 miles (19,342.28 km) S | Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport (REC) | Recife, Brazil | |
| 8 | 11,983.46 miles (19,285.46 km) ESE | Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport (LEC) | Lençõis, Bahia, Brazil | |
| 9 | 11,953.49 miles (19,237.23 km) S | Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV) | Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil | |
| 10 | 11,951.00 miles (19,233.21 km) S | Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA) | João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil | |
| 11 | 11,920.84 miles (19,184.69 km) SE | Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ) | Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil | |
| 12 | 11,901.37 miles (19,153.35 km) E | Guanambi Airport (GNM) | Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil | |
| 13 | 11,880.33 miles (19,119.49 km) SE | Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) (VIX) | Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil | |
| 14 | 11,864.69 miles (19,094.32 km) S | Augusto Severo International Airport (NAT) | Natal, Brazil | |
| 15 | 11,857.56 miles (19,082.84 km) SE | Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport (GVR) | Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |