Nonstop flight route between Sitka, Alaska, United States and Newark/Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (SIT), Sitka, Alaska, United States and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark/Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,886 miles (or 4,644 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 Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport and Newark Liberty 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 Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport and Newark Liberty 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 Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (SIT):

• The closest airport to Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (SIT) is Chatham Seaplane Base (CYM), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) NNE of SIT.
• The airport also has hangars for air traffic control, Civil Air Patrol, and private enterprises.
• Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport resides at elevation of 26 feet above mean sea level.
• Safety hazards include boulders from the causeway washing onto the runway during storms, high winds because of its exposed location, and large flocks of birds that live very close to the airport.
• Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (SIT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Sitka Rocky Gutierrez 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 furthest airport from Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (SIT) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,611 miles (17,077 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 68,197 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 62,498 enplanements in 2009, and 64,536 in 2010.

Facts about Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR):

• Newark is a major hub for United Airlines.
• Runway 11/29 is one of the three runways built during World War II.
• The closest airport to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) is Linden Airport (LDJ), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SW of EWR.
• The airlines returned to Newark in February 1946 and in 1948 the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey assumed control of the airport, later building new hangars, a new terminal and runway 4/22.
• From 1998 to 2003, Terminal C was rebuilt and expanded in a $1.2 billion program known as the Continental Airlines Global Gateway Project.
• Because of Newark Liberty International Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Newark Liberty 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.
• The furthest airport from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,746 miles (18,904 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) has 3 runways.