Nonstop flight route between Houston, Texas, United States and Ayacucho, Peru:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States and Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP), Ayacucho, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,268 miles (or 5,259 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 Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte 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 Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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

• 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 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.
• In 1952, Air Training Command expanded the training program at Ellington with the establishment of a multi-engine flying training program as part of Flying Training Air Force.
• In addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".
• During World War I, Ellington served as an advanced flight training base.
• 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.

Facts about Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP):

• Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP) is Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYC), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of AYP.
• The furthest airport from Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP) is Ratanakiri Airport (RBE), which is nearly antipodal to Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (meaning Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ratanakiri Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,871 kilometers) away in Ratanakiri, Cambodia.
• Because of Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport's high elevation of 8,917 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AYP. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AYP a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.