Nonstop flight route between Kunduz, Afghanistan and Columbus, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kunduz Airport (UND), Kunduz, Afghanistan and Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS), Columbus, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,699 miles (or 12,391 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 large distance between Kunduz Airport and Columbus 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 Kunduz Airport and Columbus 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 Kunduz Airport (UND):

• The airport resides at an elevation of 1,426 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Kunduz Airport (UND) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,773 miles (18,947 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Kunduz Airport", another name for UND is "Kunduz Airport (Kunduz)".
• Kunduz Airport (UND) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kunduz Airport (UND) is Taloqan Airport (TQN), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) ENE of UND.
• The airport is used by ISAF, Kam Air, East Horizon Airlines and for humanitarian flights.

Facts about Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS):

• The airport's operations ceased abruptly with the arrest of the notorious "Columbus Air Force" drug-running gang by the DEA in the late 1970s.
• A building at the airport was used as a terminal, with a communication & weather station.
• The closest airport to Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) is Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) N of CUS.
• Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,433 miles (18,400 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Columbus Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,024 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CUS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CUS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• After World War I, Columbus Airfield was used by the Army as part of their patrol flights along the Mexican border.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Municipal Airport", other names for CUS include "Historical Airport", "Modern Airfield" and "0NM0".
• Columbus Municipal Airport is an abandoned airport in New Mexico.
• Using its base in Columbus, the 1st Aero Squadron concentrated on carrying mail and dispatches between Columbus and Pershing's Army columns moving south into Mexico.
• Columbus Municipal Airport is historically recognized as the birthplace of American air power.
• Twelve R-2s were delivered to the squadron in May, but the planes, which had been very hastily constructed, were missing vital spare parts and had faulty wiring and leaky fuel tanks.
• The next use of the airfield was when the Department of Commerce refitted the facility as one of its network of Intermediate Landing Fields, which were established in the 1920s & 1930s to serve as emergency landing fields along commercial airways between major cities.