Nonstop flight route between Elba, Italy and Houston, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Marina di Campo Airport (EBA), Elba, Italy and George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,548 miles (or 8,929 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 Marina di Campo Airport and George Bush Intercontinental 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 Marina di Campo Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | EBA / LIRJ | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Elba, Italy | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 42°45'37"N by 10°14'21"E | 
| Area Served: | Marina di Campo | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government | 
| Airport Type: | Public / Military | 
| Elevation: | 31 feet (9 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from EBA | 
| More Information: | EBA Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | IAH / KIAH | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Houston, Texas, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°59'3"N by 95°20'29"W | 
| Area Served: | Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Houston | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 97 feet (30 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 5 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from IAH | 
| More Information: | IAH Maps & Info | 
Facts about Marina di Campo Airport (EBA):
- Marina di Campo Airport (EBA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Marina di Campo Airport", another name for EBA is "Aeroporto di Marina di Campo".
- The furthest airport from Marina di Campo Airport (EBA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Marina di Campo Airport (meaning Marina di Campo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,092 miles (19,461 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Marina di Campo Airport (EBA) is Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) WSW of EBA.
- Because of Marina di Campo Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Marina di Campo 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.
Facts about George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH):
- The site for Bush Intercontinental Airport was originally purchased by a group of Houston businessmen in 1957 to preserve the site until the city of Houston could formulate a plan for a second airport, supplanting what was then known as Houston Municipal Airport.
- Because of George Bush Intercontinental Airport's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at George Bush Intercontinental 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.
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) has 5 runways.
- In addition to being known as "George Bush Intercontinental Airport", another name for IAH is "Houston-Intercontinental".
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport handled 40,128,953 passengers last year.
- On March 31, 2014, Scandinavian Airlines announced that it will begin flights from Stavanger to Houston.
- The closest airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WNW of IAH.
- Houston Intercontinental Airport, as it was originally known, opened in June 1969.
- Terminal D opened in 1990 as the International Arrivals Building and was later renamed the Mickey Leland International Arrivals Building.
- The furthest airport from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,981 miles (17,672 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The airport has a total of five terminals encompassing 250 acres., with a 1.5-mile distance from Terminal A to Terminal D.
- Terminal C was the third terminal to open at the airport following A and B in 1981.
- On July 11, 2013, Air China began nonstop flights from Houston to Beijing, China using a Boeing 777-300ER.




