Nonstop flight route between Sweetwater, Texas, United States and Hyderabad, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD), Hyderabad, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,002 miles (or 14,487 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 Rajiv Gandhi 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 Rajiv Gandhi 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):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Avenger Field", another name for SWW is "(former Avenger Army Airfield)".
• The first course was four months long.
• Avenger Field is a Texas airport in Nolan County, three miles west of the City of Sweetwater, which owns it.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Avenger Field (SWW) is Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) E of SWW.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD):

• The closest airport to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD) is Begumpet Airport (BPM), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) N of HYD.
• The furthest airport from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,587 miles (18,648 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority plans to develop a hotel corridor called Regal Broadway to cater to an estimated five million visitors to the city travelling through the international airport in 2008.
• In the second phase of the airport development, Terminal 1 will be expanded to an area of 260,000 m2 to cater to the growing demand.
• Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD) has 2 runways.
• An increase in established facilities such as hotels, offices, cargo and maintenance facilities will be undertaken.
• It is being developed in three phases, and when completed will provide infrastructure for 40 million passengers annually.
• The state-of-the-art cargo terminal has implemented a concept of an integrated cargo facility housing domestic and international facilities under one roof.
• MAS-GMR Aerospace Engineering Company Ltd., located in the 250 acre GMR Aerospace Park SEZ, offers base maintenance services starting with C-checks for narrow bodied aircraft like Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 including the B-737 Classic and B-737 next generation aircraft saving precious foreign exchange and aircraft downtime for most airline companies.