Nonstop flight route between Wichita Falls, Texas, United States and New York City, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP), Wichita Falls, Texas, United States and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,429 miles (or 2,300 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 Kickapoo Downtown Airport and LaGuardia Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP):

• Kickapoo Downtown Airport covers an area of 149 acres at an elevation of 1,003 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,957 miles (17,634 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Kickapoo Downtown Airport", another name for KIP is "CWC".
• The closest airport to Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP) is Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) N of KIP.
• Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KIP) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):

• As a result of a slot-swap deal between Delta Air Lines and US Airways, as of July 2012, Delta occupies the majority of the terminal.
• The closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
• On December 16, 2011, Delta Air Lines announced plans to open a new domestic hub at LaGuardia Airport.
• The New York City metropolitan area's JFK International, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty International airports combine to create the largest airport system in the United States, second in the world in terms of passenger traffic, and first in the world in terms of total flight operations.
• LaGuardia is the busiest airport in the United States without any non-stop service to Europe.
• During the Floyd Bennett experiment La Guardia and American executives began an alternative plan to build a new airport in Queens, where it could take advantage of the new Queens–Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan.
• The current site of the airport was originally used by the Gala Amusement Park, owned by the Steinway family.
• The Marine Air Terminal was the airport's original terminal for overseas flights.
• LaGuardia's traffic continued to grow.
• Newark Airport began renovations, but could not keep up with the new Queens airport, which TIME called "the most pretentious land and seaplane base in the world." Even before the project was completed LaGuardia had won commitments from the five largest airlines that they would begin using the new field as soon as it opened.
• The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
• Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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.
• Although LaGuardia was a large airport for the era in which it was built, it soon became too small.