Nonstop flight route between Toulouse, France and Sweetwater, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS), Toulouse, France and Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,238 miles (or 8,429 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 Toulouse Blagnac Airport and Avenger Field, 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 Toulouse Blagnac Airport and Avenger Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS):

• Because of Toulouse Blagnac Airport's relatively low elevation of 497 feet, planes can take off or land at Toulouse Blagnac 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 airport resides at an elevation of 499 feet above mean sea level.
• Toulouse Blagnac Airport handled 7,559,350 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Toulouse Blagnac Airport", another name for TLS is "Aéroport de Toulouse – Blagnac".
• The furthest airport from Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Toulouse Blagnac Airport (meaning Toulouse Blagnac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,328 miles (19,839 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS) is Castres - Mazamet Airport (DCM), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) E of TLS.

Facts about Avenger Field (SWW):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The first course was four months long.
• Avenger Field (SWW) has 2 runways.
• 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.