Nonstop flight route between Kilaguni, Kenya and Newburgh, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kilaguni Airport (ILU), Kilaguni, Kenya and Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,491 miles (or 12,055 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 Kilaguni Airport and Stewart International Airport, 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 Kilaguni Airport and Stewart International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kilaguni Airport (ILU):

• The airport, is located in Kilaguni, Taita-Taveta District, Coast Province, inside Tsavo East National Park, in southeastern Kenya, close to the International border with the Republic of Tanzania.
• The furthest airport from Kilaguni Airport (ILU) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,539 miles (18,570 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Kilaguni Airport (ILU) has 2 runways.
• Kilaguni Airport is a small airport that serves the location of Kilaguni and the adjacent areas of Tsavo National Park.
• The closest airport to Kilaguni Airport (ILU) is Amboseli Airport (ASV), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) WNW of ILU.

Facts about Stewart International Airport (SWF):

• 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.
• 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.
• In the early 1970s, Governor Nelson Rockefeller's administration saw the potential for Stewart to support the metropolitan area.
• One local hunter, Ben Kissam, formed the Stewart Park and Reserve Coalition in 1987 to oppose efforts to develop the lands.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• In 1981 the 52 American hostages held in Iran made their return to American soil at Stewart.
• The closest airport to Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of SWF.
• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.