Nonstop flight route between Houston, Texas, United States and Cuddapah, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States and Cuddapah Airport (CDP), Cuddapah, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,362 miles (or 15,066 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 Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field and Cuddapah 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 Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field and Cuddapah Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EFD / KEFD |
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Location: | Houston, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°36'25"N by 95°9'32"W |
View all routes: | Routes from EFD |
More Information: | EFD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CDP / VOCP |
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Location: | Cuddapah, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°30'35"N by 78°46'22"E |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 430 feet (131 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CDP |
More Information: | CDP Maps & Info |
Facts about Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD):
- The furthest airport from Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,008 miles (17,716 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Ellington Field was the site for advanced flight training for bomber pilots.
- During 1958–59, USAF navigator training training operations were consolidated at Mather AFB and James Connally AFB, followed by a second consolidation to Mather AFB as the sole training location in the early 1960s.
- The closest airport to Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD) is William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WNW of EFD.
- In addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".
- Ellington Field was also a site for the USAAC Bombardier School, also known as "the Bombardment Academy of the Air." At Ellington Field, officials planned to train 4,480 bombardier cadets per year.
- Ellington was considered surplus to requirements after World War I and the base was inactivated as an active duty airfield in January 1920.
- The Texas National Guard and 36th Infantry Division bought most of the airfield's buildings, but the field remained unused.
- Also the possibility of a new municipal airfield endangered the existence of Ellington Field, rumors circulated throughout the Texas National Guard that the War Department wanted to transfer the aviation schools at Kelly and Brooks Fields to Houston.
- During World War I, Ellington served as an advanced flight training base.
Facts about Cuddapah Airport (CDP):
- Cuddapah Airport (CDP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Cuddapah Airport (CDP) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,416 miles (18,372 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Cuddapah Airport", another name for CDP is "కడప విమానాశ్రయం".
- The State Government and the Airports Authority of India entered into a memorandum of understanding in March 2007 for developing the existing airports at Kadapa and Warangal to handle ATR-42 and ATR-72 type of aircraft The airport is being developed on a build, operate and transfer basis.
- Because of Cuddapah Airport's relatively low elevation of 430 feet, planes can take off or land at Cuddapah 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 Cuddapah Airport (CDP) is Tirupati Airport (TIR), which is located 80 miles (128 kilometers) SE of CDP.