Nonstop flight route between Sweetwater, Texas, United States and Bacolod City, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States and Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD), Bacolod City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,296 miles (or 13,351 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 Avenger Field and Bacolod-Silay 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 Avenger Field and Bacolod-Silay 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 Avenger Field (SWW):

• The closest airport to Avenger Field (SWW) is Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) E of SWW.
• In 1963 the AN/FPS-6A evolved into an AN/FPS-90, and on July 31, the site was redesignated as NORAD ID Z-89.
• Avenger Field (SWW) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Avenger Field", another name for SWW is "(former Avenger Army Airfield)".
• Avenger Field covers 896 acres at an elevation of 2,380 feet.
• Avenger Field was the largest all-female air base in American history.
• Avenger Field remained a WASP training base until it closed in December 1944.
• The furthest airport from Avenger Field (SWW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,107 miles (17,874 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD):

• The state-of-the-art main passenger terminal is equipped with a flight information display system, mechanized baggage handling systems for both inbound and outbound baggage, numerous security X-ray machines, and elevators and escalators.
• Bacolod-Silay International Airport handled 1,349,442 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Bacolod-Silay International Airport", another name for BCD is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Bacolod-SilayPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Bacolod-Silay".
• Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport officially opened and began operations on January 18, 2008, and the first commercial flight to arrive was Cebu Pacific's Flight 5J 473 from Manila, an Airbus A319-100 which landed at 5:22am PST on the same day.
• The furthest airport from Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Bacolod-Silay International Airport (meaning Bacolod-Silay International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,932 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) is Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) W of BCD.