Nonstop flight route between Iowa City, Iowa, United States and Houston, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW), Iowa City, Iowa, United States and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 856 miles (or 1,377 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 Iowa City Municipal Airport and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW):

• APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 132.8/328.4 WHEN CEDAR RAPIDS APCH CTL CLSD.
• The closest airport to Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW) is The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NNW of IOW.
• Iowa City Municipal Airport is a general aviation airport on the southwest side of Iowa City in Johnson County, Iowa, United States|USA.
• Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,895 miles (17,534 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Iowa City Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 668 feet, planes can take off or land at Iowa City Municipal 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.

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

• Ellington Field was the site for advanced flight training for bomber pilots.
• 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.
• In May 1923, the War Department had ordered the small caretaker force at Ellington Field to dismantle all remaining structures and to sell them as surplus.
• In addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".
• During 1958–59, USAF navigator training training operations were consolidated at Mather AFB and James Connally AFB, followed by a second consolidation to Mather AFB as the sole training location in the early 1960s.