Nonstop flight route between Stevens Village, Alaska, United States and Newburgh, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stevens Village Airport (SVS), Stevens Village, Alaska, United States and Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,234 miles (or 5,204 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 Stevens Village Airport and Stewart 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 Stevens Village Airport and Stewart 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 Stevens Village Airport (SVS):

• Because of Stevens Village Airport's relatively low elevation of 329 feet, planes can take off or land at Stevens Village 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 Stevens Village Airport (SVS) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,213 miles (16,436 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Stevens Village Airport (SVS) is Five Mile Airport (FMC), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) WSW of SVS.
• Stevens Village Airport (SVS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Stewart International Airport (SWF):

• Area residents who were already fighting a large power plant proposal at nearby Storm King Mountain fiercely fought the expansion.
• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In July 2006, the state formally transferred ownership of the state forest from DOT to DEC, ending the process of creating Stewart State Forest.
• Developed in the 1930s as a military base to allow cadets at the nearby United States Military Academy at West Point to learn aviation, it has grown into the major passenger airport for the mid-Hudson region and continues as a military airfield, housing the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 of the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
• The next year the state transferred control from MTA to its own Department of Transportation, with a mandate to improve and develop the airport.
• The closest airport to Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of SWF.
• Federal law at the time required that all airports providing passenger service had to be owned by some public entity.
• In 1981 the 52 American hostages held in Iran made their return to American soil at Stewart.