Nonstop flight route between Houston, Texas, United States and Long Island, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston, Texas, United States and Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), Long Island, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,452 miles (or 2,337 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 relatively short distance between George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Long Island MacArthur Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH):

• On June 19, 2014, Emirates Airlines announced that it would become the second operator of the Airbus A380 at Intercontinental Airport, upgrading its service from Dubai to Houston from Boeing 777 to the "Super Jumbo" A380.
• Houston Intercontinental had been scheduled to open in 1967, but design changes regarding the terminals created cost overruns and construction delays.
• George Bush Intercontinental Airport handled 40,128,953 passengers last year.
• On April 24, 2014, Spirit Airlines announced new services from Houston, to 6 new domestic destinations, including Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Kansas City, New Orleans and San Diego.
• In addition to being known as "George Bush Intercontinental Airport", another name for IAH is "Houston-Intercontinental".
• Because of George Bush Intercontinental Airport's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at George Bush Intercontinental 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.
• George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) has 5 runways.
• On July 11, 2013, Air China began nonstop flights from Houston to Beijing, China using a Boeing 777-300ER.
• The furthest airport from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,981 miles (17,672 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The site for Bush Intercontinental Airport was originally purchased by a group of Houston businessmen in 1957 to preserve the site until the city of Houston could formulate a plan for a second airport, supplanting what was then known as Houston Municipal Airport.
• There are three main entrances into IAH's terminal areas.
• Atlas Air offers a thrice-weekly charter service to Luanda, Angola on behalf of SonAir.
• The closest airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WNW of IAH.

Facts about Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP):

• Long Island MacArthur Airport is owned and operated by the Town of Islip.
• In April 1942, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Town of Islip contracted with the federal government to build an airfield on Town-owned land for military use.
• In addition to being known as "Long Island MacArthur Airport", other names for HAP include "ISP", "KISP" and "ISP".
• MacArthur Airport is connected with the nearby Long Island Rail Road station at Ronkonkoma by shuttle buses.
• Established about midway through the 20th century, by the end of the century MacArthur Airport had been completely transformed.
• Following the September 11, 2001 attacks MacArthur Airport saw a 25 percent drop in passenger traffic but rebounded until 2006 when numbers began to drop again.
• The furthest airport from Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,783 miles (18,963 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Long Island MacArthur Airport's relatively low elevation of 99 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Island MacArthur 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 Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of HAP.
• Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP) has 4 runways.