Nonstop flight route between New Haven, Connecticut, United States and San Diego / El Cajon, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), New Haven, Connecticut, United States and Gillespie Field (SEE), San Diego / El Cajon, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,472 miles (or 3,979 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 Gillespie Field, 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):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• US Airways Express, which flew from New Haven to Philadelphia and Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., now is the only passenger airline at New Haven, flying to Philadelphia.
• Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) has 2 runways.
• By the late 1990s Business Express service ended, as it put its Saab-340s out of service, after is acquisition by AMR Corporation.
• 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.

Facts about Gillespie Field (SEE):

• The closest airport to Gillespie Field (SEE) is Montgomery Field (MYF), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) W of SEE.
• Gillespie Field is a county-owned public airport 10 miles northeast of downtown San Diego, in El Cajon, San Diego County, California.
• In 1946 the airfield was turned over to San Diego County and became a general aviation facility.
• Gillespie Field (SEE) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Gillespie Field (SEE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,534 miles (18,562 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Gillespie Field's relatively low elevation of 388 feet, planes can take off or land at Gillespie Field 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.