Nonstop flight route between St. Augustine, Florida, United States and Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST), St. Augustine, Florida, United States and Sierra Vista Municipal Airport (FHU), Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,721 miles (or 2,769 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 Northeast Florida Regional Airport and Sierra Vista Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UST / KSGJ |
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| Location: | St. Augustine, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°57'33"N by 81°20'22"W |
| Operator/Owner: | St. Augustine - St. Johns County Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 6 |
| View all routes: | Routes from UST |
| More Information: | UST Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FHU / KFHU |
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| Location: | Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°35'17"N by 110°20'39"W |
| Area Served: | Sierra Vista, Arizona |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Sierra Vista and United States Army |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 4719 feet (1,438 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FHU |
| More Information: | FHU Maps & Info |
Facts about Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST):
- Because of Northeast Florida Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Northeast Florida Regional 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 Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) is NAS Jacksonville (NIP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NW of UST.
- The Airport Authority staff currently numbers 11 employees tasked with administration and maintenance of the airport, while the airport's control tower was passed from a periodic operation by Northrop Grumman to a full-time operation as a Level I Air Traffic Control Tower under the auspices of the FAA's Contract Tower Program.
- Through the 1980s and 1990s the airport has added over 100 hangars for single and twin-engine airplanes and currently has over 200 based aircraft.
- Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) has 6 runways.
- In the postwar period, government subsidies made possible the establishment of "feeder airlines" providing air service to smaller cities, with St.
- In addition to being known as "Northeast Florida Regional Airport", another name for UST is "SGJ".
- Airport improvements continued in the 1990s.
- The furthest airport from Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,485 miles (18,483 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Sierra Vista Municipal Airport (FHU):
- In addition to being known as "Sierra Vista Municipal Airport", another name for FHU is "Libby Army Airfield".
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,304 passenger boardings in calendar year 2005 and 2,041 enplanements in 2006.
- The furthest airport from Sierra Vista Municipal Airport (FHU) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,531 miles (18,557 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Sierra Vista Municipal Airport (FHU) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Sierra Vista Municipal Airport (FHU) is Bisbee Municipal Airport (BSQ), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) ESE of FHU.
- Because of Sierra Vista Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,719 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FHU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FHU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
