Nonstop flight route between Galveston, Texas, United States and Quetta, Pakistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS), Galveston, Texas, United States and Quetta International Airport (UET), Quetta, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,154 miles (or 13,123 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 Scholes International Airport at Galveston and Quetta International 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 Scholes International Airport at Galveston and Quetta International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS):

• In January 1943, Galveston AAFld.
• Because of Scholes International Airport at Galveston's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Scholes International Airport at Galveston 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 Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,038 miles (17,764 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The Lone Star Flight Museum is located at the airport and boasts a large collection of flying antique military aircraft as well as the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.
• Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Scholes International Airport at Galveston", another name for GLS is "(former Galveston Army Air Field)".
• The closest airport to Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) is Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) NW of GLS.
• The most frequent traffic is that of the helicopters that support the offshore oil and gas industry operating in the Gulf of Mexico.

Facts about Quetta International Airport (UET):

• Quetta International Airport (UET) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Quetta International Airport", another name for UET is "کوئٹہ بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا ; د کوټی نړیوال هوایی ډګر".
• The airport is linked to local cities as well as central hubs domestically by several airlines.
• The airport like many airports in pre-independence days were mainly a small airstrip offering air operations on behalf of the British Empire.
• The furthest airport from Quetta International Airport (UET) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Quetta International Airport (meaning Quetta International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,131 miles (19,522 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Quetta International Airport's high elevation of 5,267 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UET. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UET a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Quetta International Airport (UET) is Kabul International Airport (KDH), which is located 109 miles (175 kilometers) NW of UET.