Nonstop flight route between Sweetwater, Texas, United States and El Nido, Palawan, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States and El Nido Airport (ENI), El Nido, Palawan, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,433 miles (or 13,572 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 Nido 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 Nido 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):

• In the year ending February 6, 2012 the airport had 4,500 general aviation aircraft operations, average 12 per day.
• In addition to being known as "Avenger Field", another name for SWW is "(former Avenger Army Airfield)".
• 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.
• Avenger Field (SWW) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Avenger Field (SWW) is Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) E of SWW.
• Classes entered the WASP program at Avenger Field in monthly intervals.
• 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.

Facts about El Nido Airport (ENI):

• The furthest airport from El Nido Airport (ENI) is José Coleto Airport (JPR), which is nearly antipodal to El Nido Airport (meaning El Nido Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from José Coleto Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,872 kilometers) away in Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil.
• The closest airport to El Nido Airport (ENI) is Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU), which is located 79 miles (126 kilometers) NE of ENI.
• El Nido Airport (ENI) currently has only 1 runway.