Nonstop flight route between Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia and Houston, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) (BDJ), Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,772 miles (or 15,726 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 Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington 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 Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) (BDJ):

• Syamsudin Noor Airport is an airport serving Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
• Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) handled 3,013,191 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA)", other names for BDJ include "Bandar Udara Internasional Syamsudin Noor (SNA)" and "WAOO".
• The furthest airport from Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) (BDJ) is Obando Airport (PDA), which is nearly antipodal to Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) (meaning Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Obando Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,715 kilometers) away in Puerto Inírida, Colombia.
• The closest airport to Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) (BDJ) is Batu Licin Airport (BTW), which is located 85 miles (137 kilometers) E of BDJ.
• Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) (BDJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In August 2012, about 58 hectares of 102 hectares of the land needed for an expansion had been acquired.
• In early 2013, the airport serves 5.5 million passengers, while the capacity is only for 4 million.
• Because of Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA)'s relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) 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.

Facts about Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD):

• In 1943 Ellington Field became the site for advanced navigator training.
• In addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".
• Navigation training was enhanced at Ellington when the Air Force installed a microwave navigation system.
• 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.
• During World War I, Ellington served as an advanced flight training base.
• 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.
• 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.