Nonstop flight route between Newburgh, New York, United States and Amami Island, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States and Amami Airport (ASJ), Amami Island, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,371 miles (or 11,862 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 Stewart International Airport and Amami 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 Stewart International Airport and Amami Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stewart International Airport (SWF):

• 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.
• Also generating a lot of noise was the continuing debate in Orange County about what to do with the land, with participants' choice of words suggesting where they stood, and interpretations differing about just how much of the land was really meant to serve as a buffer.
• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.
• Another complication emerged due to the proximity of the Catskill Aqueduct of New York City's water supply system to the exit.
• In the early 1970s, Governor Nelson Rockefeller's administration saw the potential for Stewart to support the metropolitan area.
• 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.
• The privatization effectively ended in 2007, when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board voted to acquire the remaining 93 years of the lease.
• The closest airport to Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of SWF.

Facts about Amami Airport (ASJ):

• The closest airport to Amami Airport (ASJ) is Kikai Airport (KKX), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of ASJ.
• Because of Amami Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Amami 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 Amami Airport (ASJ) is Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), which is nearly antipodal to Amami Airport (meaning Amami Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport), and is located 12,392 miles (19,943 kilometers) away in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Amami Airport", other names for ASJ include "奄美空港" and "Amami Kūkō".
• Amami Airport (ASJ) currently has only 1 runway.