Nonstop flight route between Saratoga, Wyoming, United States and Newburgh, New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shively Field (SAA), Saratoga, Wyoming, United States and Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,684 miles (or 2,709 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 Shively Field and Stewart International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SAA / KSAA |
| Airport Name: | Shively Field |
| Location: | Saratoga, Wyoming, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°26'40"N by 106°49'24"W |
| Area Served: | Saratoga, Wyoming |
| Operator/Owner: | Town of Saratoga |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 7012 feet (2,137 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SAA |
| More Information: | SAA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SWF / KSWF |
| Airport Name: | Stewart International Airport |
| Location: | Newburgh, New York, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°30'15"N by 74°6'16"W |
| Area Served: | Hudson Valley |
| Operator/Owner: | State of New York |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 491 feet (150 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SWF |
| More Information: | SWF Maps & Info |
Facts about Shively Field (SAA):
- The closest airport to Shively Field (SAA) is Rawlins Municipal Airport (RWL), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of SAA.
- Because of Shively Field's high elevation of 7,012 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SAA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SAA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Shively Field (SAA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Shively Field (SAA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,831 miles (17,431 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
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.
- In the early 1970s, Governor Nelson Rockefeller's administration saw the potential for Stewart to support the metropolitan area.
- 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.
- Another complication emerged due to the proximity of the Catskill Aqueduct of New York City's water supply system to the exit.
- The region's needs had changed.
- By the time the land was finally available, the 1973 oil crisis and the attendant increase in the price of jet fuel had forced airlines to cut back, and some of the airport's original backers began arguing it was no longer economically viable.
- The next year the state transferred control from MTA to its own Department of Transportation, with a mandate to improve and develop the airport.
- Federal law at the time required that all airports providing passenger service had to be owned by some public entity.
- After the creation of the United States Air Force following World War II, the army airfield was converted to an air force base while still being used for training of cadets at West Point.
- 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.
