Nonstop flight route between Pula, Croatia and Sweetwater, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pula Airport (PUY), Pula, Croatia and Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,694 miles (or 9,164 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 Pula Airport and Avenger Field, 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 Pula Airport and Avenger Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pula Airport (PUY):

• Pula Airport (PUY) currently has only 1 runway.
• A taxi can be taken to the outskirts of Pula.
• A bus that goes to/from the airport and the Pula central bus terminal.
• The furthest airport from Pula Airport (PUY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,919 miles (19,182 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Pula Airport", another name for PUY is "Zračna luka Pula/Pula".
• Because of Pula Airport's relatively low elevation of 274 feet, planes can take off or land at Pula 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 Pula Airport (PUY) is Lošinj Airport (LSZ), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) SE of PUY.
• Thanks in part to favourable climatic and technical conditions Pula is designated as the alternative airport for parts of Slovenia and smaller parts of eastern Italy.

Facts about Avenger Field (SWW):

• 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.
• The United States Air Force Air Defense Command exercised a right of return to Avenger Field in 1955 when Sweetwater Air Force Station was established as a USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Station.
• Avenger Field covers 896 acres at an elevation of 2,380 feet.
• 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.
• 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.
• The first course was four months long.
• In addition to being known as "Avenger Field", another name for SWW is "(former Avenger Army Airfield)".