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

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States and Selawik Airport (WLK), Selawik, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,523 miles (or 5,669 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 Selawik 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 Selawik 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):

• Federal law at the time required that all airports providing passenger service had to be owned by some public entity.
• As the 1980s wore on, veterans of earlier battles over Stewart returned to start new ones.
• 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.
• During World War II many barracks and other buildings, which still stand, were built on the base.
• 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 administration of Mario Cuomo tried several times to come up with a plan that would balance these interests, but failed.
• The closest airport to Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of SWF.
• In 1981 the 52 American hostages held in Iran made their return to American soil at Stewart.
• After its closure as an air force base in the early 1970s, an ambitious plan by former Governor Nelson Rockefeller to expand and develop the airport led to a protracted struggle with local landowners that led to reforms in the state's eminent domain laws but no actual development of the land acquired.
• 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.
• Another complication emerged due to the proximity of the Catskill Aqueduct of New York City's water supply system to the exit.
• 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.
• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.

Facts about Selawik Airport (WLK):

• Because of Selawik Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Selawik 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 Selawik Airport (WLK) is Bob Baker Memorial Airport (IAN), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) NNW of WLK.
• The furthest airport from Selawik Airport (WLK) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,219 miles (16,446 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• Selawik Airport (WLK) has 2 runways.