Nonstop flight route between Sweetwater, Texas, United States and Burlington / Mount Vernon, Washington, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States and Skagit Regional Airport (MVW), Burlington / Mount Vernon, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,587 miles (or 2,555 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 relatively short distance between Avenger Field and Skagit Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Avenger Field (SWW):

• The WASPs were employed under the Civil Service program.
• Avenger Field (SWW) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Avenger Field", another name for SWW is "(former Avenger Army Airfield)".
• The closest airport to Avenger Field (SWW) is Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) E of SWW.
• 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 United States Air Force Air Defense Command exercised a right of return to Avenger Field in 1955 when Sweetwater Air Force Station was established as a USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Station.
• Today, most of the cold war air force station has been redeveloped and new buildings have taken their place.
• 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 Skagit Regional Airport (MVW):

• The furthest airport from Skagit Regional Airport (MVW) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,718 miles (17,249 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Because of Skagit Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Skagit Regional 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 closest airport to Skagit Regional Airport (MVW) is Anacortes Airport (OTS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of MVW.
• Skagit Regional Airport (MVW) has 2 runways.
• In the 1980s, Harbor Airlines operated commercial passenger flights into and out of MVW to Seattle-Tacoma International and to Oak Harbor, WA, using Britten-Norman Islander aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Skagit Regional Airport", another name for MVW is "BVS".