Nonstop flight route between Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States and Newburgh, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Dodge Regional Airport (FOD), Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States and Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,031 miles (or 1,659 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 relatively short distance between Fort Dodge Regional Airport and Stewart International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Fort Dodge Regional Airport (FOD):

• Mesaba Airlines, operating as Delta Connection, formerly had daily service to Minneapolis-St.
• Fort Dodge Regional Airport (FOD) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Fort Dodge Regional Airport (FOD) is Humboldt Municipal Airport (HUD), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) NNW of FOD.
• The furthest airport from Fort Dodge Regional Airport (FOD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,750 miles (17,300 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Fort Dodge Regional Airport covers an area of 992 acres at an elevation of 1,156 feet above mean sea level.
• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 6,219 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 5,378 in 2009, and 8,207 in 2010.
• There is currently no scheduled passenger service available at Fort Dodge.

Facts about Stewart International Airport (SWF):

• The closest airport to Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of SWF.
• 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.
• 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.
• Simultaneously with the privatization, the state proceeded with long-held plans to build a new interchange on Interstate 84 at Drury Lane, which would also be widened.
• 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.
• After its closure as an air force base in the early 1970s, an ambitious plan by former Governor Nelson Rockefeller to expand and develop the airport led to a protracted struggle with local landowners that led to reforms in the state's eminent domain laws but no actual development of the land acquired.
• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.
• By the time the land was finally available, the 1973 oil crisis and the attendant increase in the price of jet fuel had forced airlines to cut back, and some of the airport's original backers began arguing it was no longer economically viable.
• 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.