Nonstop flight route between Telluride, Colorado, United States and Tucson, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Telluride Regional Airport (TEX), Telluride, Colorado, United States and Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA), Tucson, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 434 miles (or 698 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 Telluride Regional Airport and Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Telluride Regional Airport (TEX):

• Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In the 1990s the airport had winter nonstop passenger flights to Los Angeles and Phoenix.
• The closest airport to Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) is Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) N of TEX.
• Because of Telluride Regional Airport's high elevation of 9,070 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TEX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TEX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,075 miles (17,823 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA):

• As the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is the sole aircraft boneyard for excess military and government aircraft.
• In April 1953 the Air Defense Command's 15th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was activated with F-86A Sabres.
• The closest airport to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA) is Tucson International Airport (TUS), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SW of DMA.
• On 1 October 1991, the 355 TTW was redesignated as the 355th Fighter Wing in tune with the Air Force's Objective Wing philosophy.
• In 1919, the Tucson Chamber of Commerce aviation committee established the nation's first municipally owned airfield at the current site of the Tucson Rodeo Grounds.
• In July 1963, the 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Weather Wing, equipped with U-2 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, began flying global missions from Davis-Monthan.
• The furthest airport from Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,508 miles (18,521 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.