Nonstop flight route between New Haven, Connecticut, United States and Amook Bay, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), New Haven, Connecticut, United States and Amook Bay Seaplane Base (AOS), Amook Bay, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,572 miles (or 5,749 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 Tweed New Haven Airport and Amook Bay Seaplane Base, 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 Tweed New Haven Airport and Amook Bay Seaplane Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN):

• Jet flights from New Haven to Chicago-O'Hare started in 1985-86, initially on Air Wisconsin's BAE-146s as "United Express".
• Fixed Base Operator "New Haven Airways" started scheduled flights and became New Haven's home town airline, NewAir.
• Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) has 2 runways.
• On March 16, 2009 New Haven and East Haven announced that agreement had been reached, keeping the main runway at 5,600 feet, with all obstructions in the approach zones to be removed.
• By the late 1990s Business Express service ended, as it put its Saab-340s out of service, after is acquisition by AMR Corporation.
• This left US Air Express as the only airline at Tweed.
• The furthest airport from Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,768 miles (18,939 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of HVN.
• Because of Tweed New Haven Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Tweed New Haven 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.
• Tweed is one of two airline airports in Connecticut, the other being Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.
• United Airlines connects to New Haven's Union Station in downtown New Haven via Amtrak train to/from Newark.

Facts about Amook Bay Seaplane Base (AOS):

• The closest airport to Amook Bay Seaplane Base (AOS) is Zachar Bay Seaplane Base (KZB), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of AOS.
• Because of Amook Bay Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Amook Bay Seaplane Base 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 addition to being known as "Amook Bay Seaplane Base", another name for AOS is "AK81".
• The furthest airport from Amook Bay Seaplane Base (AOS) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,814 miles (17,403 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Amook Bay Seaplane Base (AOS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Although classified by the FAA as "private use", Amook Bay has scheduled passenger service to Kodiak, Alaska, which is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.