Nonstop flight route between Goodland, Kansas, United States and Newburgh, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Goodland Municipal Airport (GLD), Goodland, Kansas, United States and Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,452 miles (or 2,337 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 Goodland Municipal 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 Goodland Municipal Airport (GLD):

• Provided contract glider training to the United States Army Air Forces, 1942-1943.
• The closest airport to Goodland Municipal Airport (GLD) is Colby Municipal Airport (CBK), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) E of GLD.
• The furthest airport from Goodland Municipal Airport (GLD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,816 miles (17,407 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Goodland Municipal Airport (GLD) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Goodland Municipal Airport", another name for GLD is "Renner Field".
• Goodland Municipal had scheduled airline service on Air Midwest to Denver, Colorado's Stapleton International Airport in the 1980s.

Facts about Stewart International Airport (SWF):

• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.
• But those people who remained or moved up from more crowded areas to the south had begun to enjoy the outdoor recreation possibilities the lands, referred to variously as the Stewart Properties or the buffer, offered.
• The closest airport to Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of SWF.
• 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.
• In 1994 George Pataki campaigned on improving efficiencies by privatizing money-losing state projects.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The privatization effectively ended in 2007, when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board voted to acquire the remaining 93 years of the lease.
• Stewart was one of the many regional airports to be used during the Emergency Ground Stop after the September 11th Attacks, taking in dozens of planes forced to land.
• The Metropolitan Transportation Authority was the first government body to try to convert it into the New York metropolitan area's fourth major airport.