Nonstop flight route between Zagreb, Croatia and Telluride, Colorado, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zagreb International Airport (ZAG), Zagreb, Croatia and Telluride Regional Airport (TEX), Telluride, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,690 miles (or 9,158 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 Zagreb International Airport and Telluride Regional 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 Zagreb International Airport and Telluride Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Zagreb International Airport (ZAG):

• A competition for the final architectural and urban planning solution took place in August 2009, and the winner was declared at the beginning of October.
• Zagreb International Airport (ZAG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Construction on the new terminal officially started on 18 December 2013 and should be completed by mid to late 2016.
• The furthest airport from Zagreb International Airport (ZAG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,809 miles (19,004 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The passenger terminal underwent major design upgrade, new VIP terminal was added to the west of the current terminal in 2008, and new unified facade was also added in 2009.
• In addition to being known as "Zagreb International Airport", another name for ZAG is "Međunarodna zračna luka Zagreb".
• Because of Zagreb International Airport's relatively low elevation of 353 feet, planes can take off or land at Zagreb International 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.
• Accompanying the terminal will be a second parallel runway.
• The closest airport to Zagreb International Airport (ZAG) is Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) NNW of ZAG.
• As part of eco friendly approach the new terminal will also initially include 8500 square meters of solar panels on its roof, which should provide around 10–15% of Terminal's energy requirement, wind turbines could also be installed at some point.

Facts about Telluride Regional Airport (TEX):

• 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.
• 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 (TEX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In the 1990s the airport had winter nonstop passenger flights to Los Angeles and Phoenix.
• 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.