Nonstop flight route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Forrest City, Arkansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and Forrest City Municipal Airport (FCY), Forrest City, Arkansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 864 miles (or 1,391 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 Santa Fe Municipal Airport and Forrest City Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF):

• The completion of the environmental impact statement was announced on February 26, 2009, but neither Delta or American Airlines immediately announced any resumption of their intentions to serve the facility, citing changed economic conditions.
• Santa Fe Municipal Airport covers 2,128 acres at an elevation of 6,348 feet above mean sea level.
• In June 2007 the airport was upgraded to Class 1 to allow regional jet flights.
• Because of Santa Fe Municipal Airport's high elevation of 6,348 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SAF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SAF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• After initially extending the deadline for closure to June 15, 2013, on May 10 the FAA announced that all federal contract towers previously threatened with closure in 2013 would remain open through September 30, the end of the 2013 fiscal year, using previously unallocated funds in the agency's general budget.
• The furthest airport from Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,167 miles (17,972 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• On July 27, 2009 American Eagle announced a second daily flight to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
• Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is Los Alamos Airport (LAM), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) NNW of SAF.
• The airport had nonstop and direct Douglas DC-9s to Dallas Love Field, continuing to Houston, on Texas International Airlines, and nonstop to Phoenix, AZ on America West Express Beechcraft 1900Cs operated by Mesa Airlines.

Facts about Forrest City Municipal Airport (FCY):

• Forrest City Municipal Airport (FCY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Forrest City Municipal Airport (FCY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,965 miles (17,646 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Forrest City Municipal Airport (FCY) is Thompson-Robbins AirportThompson-Robbins Army Airfield (HEE), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SSE of FCY.
• Because of Forrest City Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 249 feet, planes can take off or land at Forrest City Municipal 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.