Nonstop flight route between Sweetwater, Texas, United States and Bogotá, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States and El Dorado International Airport (BOG), Bogotá, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,563 miles (or 4,124 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 El Dorado 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 El Dorado 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 first course was four months long.
• In addition to being known as "Avenger Field", another name for SWW is "(former Avenger Army Airfield)".
• Avenger Field (SWW) has 2 runways.
• At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.
• Today, most of the cold war air force station has been redeveloped and new buildings have taken their place.
• Avenger Field was the largest all-female air base in American history.
• 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.
• As a Texas World War II Army Airfield, "Avenger Field" opened in August 1941 as a United States Army Air Forces training base of the AAF Flying Training Command, Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center.
• Avenger Field covers 896 acres at an elevation of 2,380 feet.
• The closest airport to Avenger Field (SWW) is Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) E of SWW.

Facts about El Dorado International Airport (BOG):

• In addition to being known as "El Dorado International Airport", another name for BOG is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado".
• Because of El Dorado International Airport's high elevation of 8,361 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BOG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BOG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• El Dorado International Airport (BOG) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is Santiago Vila Airport (GIR), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) WSW of BOG.
• In 1981, Avianca undertook the construction of a new exclusive terminal to be called the Puente Aéreo, which was eventually inaugurated by President Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Avianca's original purpose for the terminal was for flights serving Cali, Medellín, Miami and New York.
• In 1973, the airport accomplished a milestone by serving nearly three million passengers and processing nearly 5 million units of luggage.
• Boeing 747 of Singapore Airlines
• In 2003 NVG equipment for night vision air operations was installed in Hercules C-130 and CN-235 Nurtanio airplanes.
• The furthest airport from El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to El Dorado International Airport (meaning El Dorado International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
• Due to the high demand for passengers, it has now become apparent to build a new, more modern airport with much more capacity for both commercial and cargo flights.