Nonstop flight route between Kinston, North Carolina, United States and Sweetwater, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO), Kinston, North Carolina, United States and Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,323 miles (or 2,129 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 Kinston Regional Jetport and Avenger Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ISO / KISO |
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Location: | Kinston, North Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°19'53"N by 77°36'32"W |
Area Served: | Kinston, Goldsboro, Ayden, Grifton, and Eastern NC communities |
Operator/Owner: | North Carolina Global TransPark Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 94 feet (29 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ISO |
More Information: | ISO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SWW / KSWW |
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Location: | Sweetwater, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°28'1"N by 100°27'59"W |
Area Served: | Sweetwater, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Sweetwater |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2380 feet (725 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SWW |
More Information: | SWW Maps & Info |
Facts about Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO):
- The closest airport to Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) is Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of ISO.
- Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Spirit AeroSystems will be manufacturing parts of the new Airbus A350 at its new Kinston facility at GTP.
- The furthest airport from Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,708 miles (18,843 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- On November 14, 1970, Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed while carrying the Marshall University football team that had departed from the airport after a game against ECU.
- Because of Kinston Regional Jetport's relatively low elevation of 94 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinston Regional Jetport 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.
- Delta Air Lines briefly served Kinston in the 2000s, as did Allegiant Air.
- In addition to being known as "Kinston Regional Jetport", another name for ISO is "Stallings Field".
Facts about Avenger Field (SWW):
- Avenger Field (SWW) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Avenger Field (SWW) is Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) E of SWW.
- As a Texas World War II Army Airfield, "Avenger Field" opened in August 1941 as a United States Army Air Forces training base of the AAF Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center.
- In 1963 the AN/FPS-6A evolved into an AN/FPS-90, and on July 31, the site was redesignated as NORAD ID Z-89.
- The furthest airport from Avenger Field (SWW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,107 miles (17,874 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.
- In addition to being known as "Avenger Field", another name for SWW is "(former Avenger Army Airfield)".
- In the year ending February 6, 2012 the airport had 4,500 general aviation aircraft operations, average 12 per day.
- Today, most of the cold war air force station has been redeveloped and new buildings have taken their place.