Nonstop flight route between Telluride, Colorado, United States and Tallinn, Estonia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Telluride Regional Airport (TEX), Telluride, Colorado, United States and Tallinn Airport (TLL), Tallinn, Estonia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,188 miles (or 8,349 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 Telluride Regional Airport and Tallinn 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 Telluride Regional Airport and Tallinn Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Telluride Regional Airport (TEX):

• The closest airport to Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) is Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) N of TEX.
• Telluride Regional Airport covers 542 acres and has one runway, 9/27, 6,911 by 100 feet.
• In the 1990s the airport had winter nonstop passenger flights to Los Angeles and Phoenix.
• 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.
• 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.
• Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Between April 7 and November 4 of 2009 the Telluride runway was closed for a $24 million runway renovation.

Facts about Tallinn Airport (TLL):

• The closest airport to Tallinn Airport (TLL) is Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) N of TLL.
• Because of Tallinn Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Tallinn 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.
• There is a number of vendors in the terminal building, including three restaurants, three coffee shops, a duty-free shop, cigar lounge, book store, travel shop, gift shop etc.
• The furthest airport from Tallinn Airport (TLL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,037 miles (17,763 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport has also been used for military purposes.
• In addition to being known as "Tallinn Airport", another name for TLL is "Tallinna lennujaam".
• The name change was discussed at a board meeting on 29 March 2006, and on the opening of the new terminal on 19 September 2008, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip officially announced the renaming would take place in March 2009
• Tallinn Airport has 4 cargo terminals with total warehouse space of ca 5000 m².
• Prior to the establishment of the present airport in Ülemiste area, Lasnamäe Airfield was the primary airport of Tallinn, serving as a base for Aeronaut airline.
• Tallinn Airport (TLL) currently has only 1 runway.