Nonstop flight route between Paris, France and Sweetwater, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Paris, France and Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,093 miles (or 8,196 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 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Avenger Field, 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 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Avenger Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG):

• The closest airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) WSW of CDG.
• A free automatic shuttle rail service at Charles de Gaulle Airport consisting in two lines CDGVAL and LISA based on the VAL system links the three airport terminals, RER and TGV stations and main car parks within 8 minutes.
• In addition to being known as "Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport", other names for CDG include "Aéroport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle" and "Roissy Airport".
• Because of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport's relatively low elevation of 392 feet, planes can take off or land at Paris Charles de Gaulle 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.
• Terminal 2 includes a TGV station on the LGV Interconnexion Est high-speed line.
• Until 2005, every PA announcement made at Terminal 1 was preceded by a distinctive chime, nicknamed "Indicatif Roissy" and composed by Bernard Parmegiani in 1971.
• Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport handled 62,052,917 passengers last year.
• Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) has 4 runways.
• On 17 March 2005, ADP decided to tear down and rebuild the whole part of Terminal 2E of which a section had collapsed, at a cost of approximately €100 million.
• In February 2005, the results from the administrative inquiry were published.
• Andreu initially had envisaged building several terminals on this model.
• Terminal 2E, with a daring design and wide open spaces, was CDG's newest addition.
• The furthest airport from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (meaning Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,074 miles (19,432 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Avenger Field (SWW):

• Today, most of the cold war air force station has been redeveloped and new buildings have taken their place.
• The first course was four months long.
• Avenger Field (SWW) has 2 runways.
• Avenger Field was the largest all-female air base in American history.
• The furthest airport from Avenger Field (SWW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,107 miles (17,874 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Avenger Field (SWW) is Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) E of SWW.
• In addition to being known as "Avenger Field", another name for SWW is "(former Avenger Army Airfield)".
• In 1963 the AN/FPS-6A evolved into an AN/FPS-90, and on July 31, the site was redesignated as NORAD ID Z-89.