Nonstop flight route between Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada and Sweetwater, Texas, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from YYN to SWW:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- YYN Airport Information
- SWW Airport Information
- Facts about YYN
- Facts about SWW
- Map of Nearest Airports to YYN
- List of Nearest Airports to YYN
- Map of Furthest Airports from YYN
- List of Furthest Airports from YYN
- Map of Nearest Airports to SWW
- List of Nearest Airports to SWW
- Map of Furthest Airports from SWW
- List of Furthest Airports from SWW
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Swift Current Airport (YYN), Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada and Avenger Field (SWW), Sweetwater, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,286 miles (or 2,069 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 Swift Current Airport and Avenger Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YYN / CYYN |
| Airport Name: | Swift Current Airport |
| Location: | Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°17'32"N by 107°41'26"W |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Swift Current |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2681 feet (817 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YYN |
| More Information: | YYN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SWW / KSWW |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Sweetwater, Texas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°28'1"N by 100°27'59"W |
| Area Served: | Sweetwater, Texas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Sweetwater |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2380 feet (725 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SWW |
| More Information: | SWW Maps & Info |
Facts about Swift Current Airport (YYN):
- Swift Current Airport (YYN) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Swift Current Airport (YYN) is CFB Moose Jaw (YMJ), which is located 94 miles (151 kilometers) E of YYN.
- The furthest airport from Swift Current Airport (YYN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,271 miles (16,529 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Avenger Field (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 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.
- Avenger Field (SWW) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Avenger Field (SWW) is Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) E of SWW.
- Today, most of the cold war air force station has been redeveloped and new buildings have taken their place.
- 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)".
