Nonstop flight route between Houston, Texas, United States and West Memphis, Arkansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States and West Memphis Municipal Airport (AWM), West Memphis, Arkansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 478 miles (or 769 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 Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field and West Memphis Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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

• The $80 million construction project includes a 40,000-square-foot Battle Command Training Center, which simulates war conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan., a second Armed Forces Reserve Center with an assembly hall and offices, a Welcome Center, which will handle retention, recruitment and military identification services.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Though the 111th Observation Squadron had the excess World War I storage and maintenance facilities at Ellington Field, the squadron did not have a true headquarters building.
• 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 base, which consisted of a few hangars and some wooden headquarters buildings, was completed in a matter of months.
• In addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".

Facts about West Memphis Municipal Airport (AWM):

• Because of West Memphis Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 212 feet, planes can take off or land at West Memphis Municipal 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 furthest airport from West Memphis Municipal Airport (AWM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,996 miles (17,697 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• West Memphis Municipal Airport (AWM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to West Memphis Municipal Airport (AWM) is Memphis International Airport (MEM), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) ESE of AWM.
• West Memphis Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles west of the central business district of West Memphis, in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States.