Nonstop flight route between Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada and Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport (YEV), Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada and Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU), Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,600 miles (or 4,185 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 Inuvik (Mike Zubko) 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 Inuvik (Mike Zubko) 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 Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport (YEV):

• Because of Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport's relatively low elevation of 222 feet, planes can take off or land at Inuvik (Mike Zubko) 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 furthest airport from Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport (YEV) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 9,927 miles (15,977 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport (YEV) is Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport (LAK), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) W of YEV.
• Inuvik currently has scheduled jet airline service provided by Canadian North and First Air.
• Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport (YEV) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The airport retains the large parking ramp from its training use.
• Fort Sumner Municipal Airport covers an area of 960 acres at an elevation of 4,165 feet above mean sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Fort Sumner Municipal Airport", another name for FSU is "Fort Sumner Army Airfield".
• 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.
• Current two operational balloon launch campaigns are conducted at the airport each year.
• Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (FSU) has 2 runways.