Nonstop flight route between Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China and Newburgh, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ), Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China and Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,164 miles (or 11,529 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 Xuzhou Guanyin Airport and Stewart 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 Xuzhou Guanyin Airport and Stewart 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 Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ):

• In 2007 it handled 414,057 passengers, up 38 percent from the previous year, ranking 59th place in the People's Republic of China.
• Xuzhou airport was opened on November 8, 1997 with 20,000 sq.m.
• In addition to being known as "Xuzhou Guanyin Airport", other names for XUZ include "徐州观音机场" and "Xúzhōu Guānyīn Jīchǎng".
• Because of Xuzhou Guanyin Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at Xuzhou Guanyin 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 Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ) is Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) ENE of XUZ.
• Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ) is Junín Airport (JNI), which is nearly antipodal to Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (meaning Xuzhou Guanyin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Junín Airport), and is located 12,344 miles (19,866 kilometers) away in Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Facts about Stewart International Airport (SWF):

• In 1997 the state formally began, through the Empire State Development Corporation, the process of soliciting bids for a 99-year lease on the airport and, potentially, the adjacent undeveloped lands as well, whatever bidders wanted.
• The next year the state transferred control from MTA to its own Department of Transportation, with a mandate to improve and develop the airport.
• Stewart International Airport is a public/military airport in Orange County, New York, United States.
• Because of Stewart International Airport's relatively low elevation of 491 feet, planes can take off or land at Stewart International 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.
• Stewart International Airport (SWF) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Orange County Airport (MGJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of SWF.
• After the creation of the United States Air Force following World War II, the army airfield was converted to an air force base while still being used for training of cadets at West Point.
• The furthest airport from Stewart International Airport (SWF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,712 miles (18,848 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1934 Douglas MacArthur, then superintendent of the United States Military Academy, proposed flight training cadets at the airport.
• The privatization effectively ended in 2007, when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board voted to acquire the remaining 93 years of the lease.
• SWF had occasionally had scheduled air-taxi service, but in April 1990 American Airlines arrived with three 727-200 nonstops a day to Chicago and three more to their new hub in Raleigh–Durham.