Nonstop flight route between Jayapura, Indonesia and Newburgh, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sentani Airport (SNA) (DJJ), Jayapura, Indonesia and Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,996 miles (or 14,478 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 Sentani Airport (SNA) 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 Sentani Airport (SNA) 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 Sentani Airport (SNA) (DJJ):

• Because of Sentani Airport (SNA)'s relatively low elevation of 289 feet, planes can take off or land at Sentani Airport (SNA) 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 Sentani Airport (SNA) (DJJ) is Batom Airport (BXM), which is located 66 miles (107 kilometers) WNW of DJJ.
• In addition to being known as "Sentani Airport (SNA)", another name for DJJ is "Bandar Udara Sentani".
• Sentani is also the main base for at least four missionary aviation organizations.
• Sentani Airport was a part of the large American facilities at Hollandia, which was liberated from the Japanese by an American amphibious task force Code named Operation Reckless on 22 April 1944.
• Sentani Airfield is the only part of the complex still in use as an airfield today.
• The furthest airport from Sentani Airport (SNA) (DJJ) is Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB), which is nearly antipodal to Sentani Airport (SNA) (meaning Sentani Airport (SNA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport), and is located 12,028 miles (19,358 kilometers) away in Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil.
• At the end of the war the Hollandia airfield was abandoned but remains in good condition to this day.
• In October 2012, The Ministry of Transportation announced plans to extend the runway to 3,000 meters, develop the taxiway, and also provide jet bridges to board and disembark passengers.
• Sentani Airport (SNA) (DJJ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Stewart International Airport (SWF):

• 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.
• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.
• The region's needs had changed.
• 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.
• Also generating a lot of noise was the continuing debate in Orange County about what to do with the land, with participants' choice of words suggesting where they stood, and interpretations differing about just how much of the land was really meant to serve as a buffer.
• 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.
• 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 closest airport to Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of SWF.
• The next year the state transferred control from MTA to its own Department of Transportation, with a mandate to improve and develop the airport.