Nonstop flight route between Houston, Texas, United States and Chokurdakh, Russia:
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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 Chokurdakh Airport (CKH), Chokurdakh, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,864 miles (or 7,829 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 Chokurdakh 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 Chokurdakh 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: | CKH / UESO |
Airport Name: | Chokurdakh Airport |
Location: | Chokurdakh, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°37'30"N by 147°53'48"E |
Area Served: | Chokurdakh |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CKH |
More Information: | CKH Maps & Info |
Facts about Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD):
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".
- In 1943 Ellington Field became the site for advanced navigator training.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ellington AFB was selected as one of the first of twenty-four Air Defense Command stations of the permanent United States surveillance radar network.
- During World War I, Ellington served as an advanced flight training base.
- 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.
Facts about Chokurdakh Airport (CKH):
- The closest airport to Chokurdakh Airport (CKH) is Belaya Gora Airport (BGN), which is located 150 miles (241 kilometers) SSW of CKH.
- The furthest airport from Chokurdakh Airport (CKH) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 11,506 miles (18,516 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- Chokurdakh Airport (CKH) currently has only 1 runway.