Nonstop flight route between Bacău, Romania and Newburgh, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport (BCM), Bacău, Romania and Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,665 miles (or 7,508 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 Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport and Stewart International 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 Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport and Stewart International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport (BCM):

• The airport is home to the Romanian Air Force 95th Air Base, with one fighter regiment and a helicopter regiment.
• Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport (BCM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport", another name for BCM is "Aeroportul Internaţional George Enescu Bacău".
• The furthest airport from Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport (BCM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,288 miles (18,165 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• George Enescu International handled 307,488 passengers in 2013, which represents a 21.8% decrease over the previous year.
• The closest airport to Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport (BCM) is Iași International Airport (IAS), which is located 56 miles (91 kilometers) NE of BCM.
• Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport handled 307,488 passengers last year.
• Because of Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Bacău "George Enescu" 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.

Facts about Stewart International Airport (SWF):

• Developed in the 1930s as a military base to allow cadets at the nearby United States Military Academy at West Point to learn aviation, it has grown into the major passenger airport for the mid-Hudson region and continues as a military airfield, housing the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 of the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
• Area residents who were already fighting a large power plant proposal at nearby Storm King Mountain fiercely fought the expansion.
• During World War II many barracks and other buildings, which still stand, were built on the base.
• Because of Stewart International Airport's relatively low elevation of 491 feet, planes can take off or land at Stewart 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.
• The furthest airport from Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,712 miles (18,848 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1997 the state formally began, through the Empire State Development Corporation, the process of soliciting bids for a 99-year lease on the airport and, potentially, the adjacent undeveloped lands as well, whatever bidders wanted.
• The closest airport to Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of SWF.
• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.
• This area of the airport, now called Stewart Air National Guard Base, was home to the air force's C-5A Galaxy before being replaced by the newer and smaller C-17 Globemaster III in 2011.
• As the 1980s wore on, veterans of earlier battles over Stewart returned to start new ones.
• The region's needs had changed.
• In 1930 Thomas "Archie" Stewart, an early aviation enthusiast and descendant of prominent local dairy farmer Lachlan Stewart, convinced his uncle Samuel Stewart to donate "Stoney Lonesome", split between the towns of Newburgh and New Windsor, to the nearby city of Newburgh for use as an airport.