Nonstop flight route between Tivat, Montenegro and Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tivat Airport (TIV), Tivat, Montenegro and Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU), Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,017 miles (or 9,683 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 Tivat Airport and Fort Sumner Municipal 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 Tivat Airport and Fort Sumner Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tivat Airport (TIV):

• In addition to being known as "Tivat Airport", another name for TIV is "Аеродром Тиват".
• However, as passenger traffic in the mid-2010s approaches the one-million mark, and strong growth continues, the passenger terminal is a bottleneck in peak summer months.
• It is one of two international airports in Montenegro, the other being Podgorica Airport.
• From 1968 to 1971, the airport underwent expansion and modernization.
• Tivat Airport (TIV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Tivat airport is located right next to the city of Tivat, 7 km from the center of Kotor, and some 19 km north-west of Budva, one of the most popular tourist destinations on the eastern Adriatic coast.
• The airport in Tivat was opened on May 30, 1957, as a small airport with a single grass runway a small apron and a terminal building complete with control tower.
• The furthest airport from Tivat Airport (TIV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,666 miles (18,775 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The map includes destinations in Europe served from Tivat Airport.
• Because of Tivat Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Tivat 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 closest airport to Tivat Airport (TIV) is Dubrovnik Airport (DBV), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) WNW of TIV.
• Tivat Airport is an international airport serving Montenegrin coastal town of Tivat and the surrounding region.

Facts about Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU):

• The airfield was reopened in February 1941, and was rebuilt in 1942 by the United States Army Air Forces as a World War II training airfield.
• Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) has 2 runways.
• Because of Fort Sumner Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,165 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FSU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FSU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Fort Sumner Municipal Airport", another name for FSU is "Fort Sumner Army Airfield".
• In the 1980s, the airport was chosen as a launch site for NASA's high altitude balloon program.
• On August 6, 1944, the airfield was transferred to Second Air Force, where it became a replacement facility for B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator crew training.
• The furthest airport from Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,167 miles (17,971 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) is Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) E of FSU.