Nonstop flight route between Lleida, Spain and Houston, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lleida–Alguaire Airport (ILD), Lleida, Spain and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,159 miles (or 8,302 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 Lleida–Alguaire 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 Lleida–Alguaire 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!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ILD / LEDA |
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Location: | Lleida, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°43'40"N by 0°32'8"E |
Area Served: | Lleida |
Operator/Owner: | Generalitat of Catalonia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1148 feet (350 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ILD |
More Information: | ILD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EFD / KEFD |
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Location: | Houston, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°36'25"N by 95°9'32"W |
View all routes: | Routes from EFD |
More Information: | EFD Maps & Info |
Facts about Lleida–Alguaire Airport (ILD):
- Lleida–Alguaire Airport (ILD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The opening took place on January 17, 2010.
- The furthest airport from Lleida–Alguaire Airport (ILD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lleida–Alguaire Airport (meaning Lleida–Alguaire Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,227 miles (19,678 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Two new highways, the Autovías A-14 and A-22, provide road access to the airport.
- The closest airport to Lleida–Alguaire Airport (ILD) is Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) WNW of ILD.
- Lleida–Alguaire has been designed as a regional airport to provide both passenger and cargo transport to Western Catalonia, Andorra and some counties of La Franja.
- In addition to being known as "Lleida–Alguaire Airport", other names for ILD include "Aeroport de Lleida-Alguaire" and "ILD[1]".
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 Texas National Guard and 36th Infantry Division bought most of the airfield's buildings, but the field remained unused.
- 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.
- In 1925 General William Mitchell conducted a "flying tour" of all National Guard Observation Squadrons throughout the United States.
- 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.
- During World War I, Ellington served as an advanced flight training base.
- The base, which consisted of a few hangars and some wooden headquarters buildings, was completed in a matter of months.
- Also the possibility of a new municipal airfield endangered the existence of Ellington Field, rumors circulated throughout the Texas National Guard that the War Department wanted to transfer the aviation schools at Kelly and Brooks Fields to Houston.
- New construction designated under the "Grow the Army" project was completed in 2010.
- In 1952, Air Training Command expanded the training program at Ellington with the establishment of a multi-engine flying training program as part of Flying Training Air Force.