Nonstop flight route between New Haven, Connecticut, United States and Tacoma, Washington, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), New Haven, Connecticut, United States and Gray Army Airfield (GRF), Tacoma, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,453 miles (or 3,948 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 Tweed New Haven Airport and Gray Army Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN):

• Tweed New Haven Airport is a public airport three miles southeast of downtown New Haven, in New Haven County, Connecticut.
• Pan Am Clipper Connection, operated by Boston-Maine Airways, began non-stop flights to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Hanscom Field, and Pease International Airport on March 8, 2007 using 19 seat Jetstream 31 aircraft.
• Fixed Base Operator "New Haven Airways" started scheduled flights and became New Haven's home town airline, NewAir.
• The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 33,988 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 33,000 in 2009 and 35,854 in 2010.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Competing was Groton/New London based Pilgrim Airlines, to New York/JFK and LaGuardia, as well as Boston, on Twin Otters and F-27s.
• In 2007 the Federal Aviation Administration and the State of Connecticut approved the addition of safety overruns to Tweed's main runway.
• In 1987 Hyannis MA based Provincetown-Boston Airlines, a commuter airline for Peoplexpress Airlines and then Continental Airlines, began flights to New Haven.
• 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.
• Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) has 2 runways.

Facts about Gray Army Airfield (GRF):

• During the Korean War, GAAF continued in the role as a training and division support field.
• In addition to being known as "Gray Army Airfield", another name for GRF is "(Joint Base Lewis-McChord)".
• In 1926, the War Department observing aviation expansion overseas requested additional aviation funding.
• Camp Lewis advocates pushed for it to be a major dirigible and fixed-wing field.
• Gray Army Airfield (GRF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Gray Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 300 feet, planes can take off or land at Gray Army Airfield 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 Gray Army Airfield (GRF) is McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NE of GRF.
• The furthest airport from Gray Army Airfield (GRF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,809 miles (17,395 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.