Nonstop flight route between Newburgh, New York, United States and Kitkatla, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States and Kitkatla Water Aerodrome (YKK), Kitkatla, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,677 miles (or 4,308 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 Kitkatla Water Aerodrome, 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 Kitkatla Water Aerodrome. 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):

• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.
• SWF had occasionally had scheduled air-taxi service, but in April 1990 American Airlines arrived with three 727-200 nonstops a day to Chicago and three more to their new hub in Raleigh–Durham.
• In 1981 the 52 American hostages held in Iran made their return to American soil at Stewart.
• 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.
• The controversy was settled by a deal announced on November 21 of that year.
• 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 1930 Thomas "Archie" Stewart, an early aviation enthusiast and descendant of prominent local dairy farmer Lachlan Stewart, convinced his uncle Samuel Stewart to donate "Stoney Lonesome", split between the towns of Newburgh and New Windsor, to the nearby city of Newburgh for use as an 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.
• 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.
• In the early 1970s, Governor Nelson Rockefeller's administration saw the potential for Stewart to support the metropolitan area.
• Federal law at the time required that all airports providing passenger service had to be owned by some public entity.

Facts about Kitkatla Water Aerodrome (YKK):

• The furthest airport from Kitkatla Water Aerodrome (YKK) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,652 miles (17,143 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• Because of Kitkatla Water Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Kitkatla Water Aerodrome 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 addition to being known as "Kitkatla Water Aerodrome", another name for YKK is "CAP7".
• The closest airport to Kitkatla Water Aerodrome (YKK) is Prince Rupert Airport (YPR), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) N of YKK.