Nonstop flight route between Karachi, Pakistan and Houston, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jinnah International Airport (KHI), Karachi, Pakistan and David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,470 miles (or 13,631 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 Jinnah International Airport and David Wayne Hooks Memorial 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 Jinnah International Airport and David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jinnah International Airport (KHI):

• In addition to being known as "Jinnah International Airport", another name for KHI is "جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائ اڈہ".
• Because of Jinnah International Airport's relatively low elevation of 100 feet, planes can take off or land at Jinnah International 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.
• Karachi was once a much busier airport.
• The closest airport to Jinnah International Airport (KHI) is Hyderabad Airportحیدرآباد ہوائی اڈا (HDD), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) ENE of KHI.
• Jinnah International Airport handled 16,065,465 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Jinnah International Airport (KHI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jinnah International Airport (meaning Jinnah International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,173 miles (19,591 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The Ispahani Hangar is PIA's wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at Jinnah International Airport.
• The building is linked via connecting corridors to two satellites, each having a provision of eight passenger-loading bridges.
• Jinnah International Airport (KHI) has 2 runways.

Facts about David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH):

• The closest airport to David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH) is George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ESE of DWH.
• Because of David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport's relatively low elevation of 152 feet, planes can take off or land at David Wayne Hooks Memorial 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.
• David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH) has 3 runways.
• On June 27, 2007, The Texas State Legislature approved Tomball's request to annex Hooks Airport even though the airport does not border the Tomball city limits.
• The furthest airport from David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,969 miles (17,653 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The airport also includes numerous flight schools, including Silver State Helicopters, American Flyers, ATP Flight School and United Flight Systems.
• The airport is notable because it is one of only a few privately owned airports with a Federal Aviation Administration control tower.
• Until the 1980s, the airport was run and maintained by Hooks, and his wife Irma.