Nonstop flight route between Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Houston, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK), Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,486 miles (or 7,220 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 Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field, 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 Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK):

• The furthest airport from Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,887 miles (19,129 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK) is Sligo Airport (SXL), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) WSW of ENK.
• First built and used during World War II as RAF St Angelo and later renamed St Angelo Barracks while in use as a British Army base, the airfield has been in private ownership as a civilian airport since 1996.
• In 1943 the station also became home to several squadrons of Catalina and Sunderland flying boats operating from Loch Erne.
• Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport is located 3 nautical miles north of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
• At Enniskillen airport there are two helicopter maintenance facilities.
• Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport (ENK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport's relatively low elevation of 155 feet, planes can take off or land at Enniskillen/St Angelo 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.
• Unique Helicopters are a helicopter training and hire company offering pleasure flights from St Angelo Enniskillen Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport", another name for ENK is "St Angelo".
• The military occupation of St Angelo came to a close in March 1996 when the temporary accommodation buildings were demolished, since when St Angelo airfield has been in use as a civilian facility.

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

• In addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".
• World War II, with its increasing need for trained pilots, helped to reestablish Ellington Field as an active facility.
• 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.
• 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 now has the rare distinction of having all five military branches of the U.S.
• 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.
• Navigation training was enhanced at Ellington when the Air Force installed a microwave navigation system.