Nonstop flight route between Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States and Roswell, New Mexico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Capital City Airport (HAR), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States and Roswell International Air Center (ROW), Roswell, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,597 miles (or 2,571 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 Capital City Airport and Roswell International Air Center, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Capital City Airport (HAR):

• Olmsted Air Force Base, just across the river in Middletown was to close, and in 1968 Allegheny and TWA moved there to newly named Harrisburg International Airport.
• Capital City Airport (HAR) has 2 runways.
• Because of Capital City Airport's relatively low elevation of 347 feet, planes can take off or land at Capital City 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 Capital City Airport (HAR) is Harrisburg International Airport (MDT), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of HAR.
• Originally Capital Landing Field, the airport opened in mid-1930 and was Harrisburg's first airline airport.
• The furthest airport from Capital City Airport (HAR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,649 miles (18,747 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Capital City Airport", another name for HAR is "CXY".
• Capital City Airport is next to the Defense Distribution Center, one of the largest military distribution centers for supplies and equipment for the U.S.

Facts about Roswell International Air Center (ROW):

• RIAC is the home of the New Mexico Rehabilitation Center.
• It is also known for the Roswell UFO incident, an event that supposedly happened on July 4, 1947.
• The base was renamed in his honor on January 13, 1948.
• The furthest airport from Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,090 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The airport was used by Felix Baumgartner to launch his record-breaking freefall jump from the stratosphere on October 14, 2012.
• The closest airport to Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Artesia Municipal Airport (ATS), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of ROW.
• Walker AFB was named after General Kenneth Newton Walker, a native of Los Cerrillos, New Mexico.
• Roswell International Air Center (ROW) has 2 runways.