Nonstop flight route between Huizhou, Guangdong, China and Galveston, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Huizhou Airport (HUZ), Huizhou, Guangdong, China and Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS), Galveston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,326 miles (or 13,399 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 Huizhou Airport and Scholes International Airport at Galveston, 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 Huizhou Airport and Scholes International Airport at Galveston. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Huizhou Airport (HUZ):

• The furthest airport from Huizhou Airport (HUZ) is Orán Airport (ORA), which is nearly antipodal to Huizhou Airport (meaning Huizhou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orán Airport), and is located 12,368 miles (19,905 kilometers) away in Orán, Salta Province, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Huizhou Airport", other names for HUZ include "惠州机场" and "Huìzhōu Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Huizhou Airport (HUZ) is Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) WSW of HUZ.

Facts about Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS):

• In addition to being known as "Scholes International Airport at Galveston", another name for GLS is "(former Galveston Army Air Field)".
• 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 airport's Master Plan considers the potential return of commercial airline service as well as the increasing trend of corporate aircraft and oil industry helicopter activity.
• 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.
• Scholes International Airport covers an area of 966 acres at an elevation of 6 feet above mean sea level.
• Of the 220+ aircraft based at GLS, 50+ are helicopters belonging to Bristow, Era, PHI and other oil industry vendors.
• 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.
• Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS) has 2 runways.
• The Field was primarily used for replacement crew gunnery training by the 407th Fighter-Bomber Group, with targets being towed to the gunnery range at nearby Oyster Bay.
• Scholes International Airport at Galveston is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Galveston, a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States.