Nonstop flight route between Houston, Texas, United States and Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil:
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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 Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport (CLV), Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,506 miles (or 7,252 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 Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães 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 Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães 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: | CLV / SWKN |
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Location: | Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°43'28"S by 48°36'35"W |
Area Served: | Caldas Novas |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2247 feet (685 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CLV |
More Information: | CLV Maps & Info |
Facts about Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD):
- For the first months of operation, Ellington Field had no pilot fatalities.
- 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.
- 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 World War I, Ellington served as an advanced flight training base.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport (CLV):
- The closest airport to Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport (CLV) is Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport (ITR), which is located 64 miles (102 kilometers) SW of CLV.
- In addition to being known as "Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport", other names for CLV include "Aeroporto Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães" and "SBCN".
- Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport (CLV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport (CLV) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is located 11,880 miles (19,118 kilometers) away in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.