Nonstop flight route between Houston, Texas, United States and Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States and Jodhpur Airport (JDH), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,499 miles (or 13,678 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 Jodhpur 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 Jodhpur 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.
• Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base is a joint installation shared by various active component and reserve component military units, as well as aircraft flight operations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the aegis of the nearby Johnson Space Center.
• 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 1943 Ellington Field became the site for advanced navigator training.
• In May 1923, the War Department had ordered the small caretaker force at Ellington Field to dismantle all remaining structures and to sell them as surplus.
• In addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".
• 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.
• In 1925 General William Mitchell conducted a "flying tour" of all National Guard Observation Squadrons throughout the United States.
• Radar facilities were activated on 1 February 1953 with the 747th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron operating a pair of AN/FPS-10 radars The station was designated P-79.

Facts about Jodhpur Airport (JDH):

• Jodhpur airport's 12 acre civil enclave contains a terminal building measuring a built-up area of 5690 sq.mtrs, that is capable of handling 430 passengers per hour.
• Jodhpur's runway is oriented 05/23, is 2743 metres long and 45 metres wide.
• Because of Jodhpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 717 feet, planes can take off or land at Jodhpur 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 closest airport to Jodhpur Airport (JDH) is Udaipur Airport (UDR), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) SSE of JDH.
• The furthest airport from Jodhpur Airport (JDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jodhpur Airport (meaning Jodhpur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,749 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Jodhpur Airport is a civil enclave airport in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
• In addition to being known as "Jodhpur Airport", another name for JDH is "जोधपुर हवाई अड्डे".
• Jodhpur Airport (JDH) currently has only 1 runway.