Nonstop flight route between Manchester, United Kingdom and Houston, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Manchester Airport (MAN), Manchester, United Kingdom and Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,687 miles (or 7,543 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 Manchester Airport and Lone Star Executive 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 Manchester Airport and Lone Star Executive Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Manchester Airport (MAN):

• Terminal 1 is used by airlines with scheduled and charter operations, flying to European and other worldwide destinations.
• North Africa is connected via Egyptair, Libyan Airlines and Easyjet.
• The furthest airport from Manchester Airport (MAN) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,824 miles (19,029 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The airport regularly handled the supersonic transport Concorde and currently houses the British Airways G-BOAC flagship Concorde at the Manchester Runway Visitor Park.
• Manchester also offers more destinations than some of the biggest airports in the U.S.A., including New York-JFK, although it is still slightly behind the three biggest 'hubs' in the global aviation network – Atlanta, Frankfurt am Main and Amsterdam – which each offer more than 250 destinations.
• Manchester Airport handled 20,751,581 passengers last year.
• In June 2010, Manchester Airport issued a document "The Need for Land" about how it wants to expand over the next 20 years.
• Because of Manchester Airport's relatively low elevation of 257 feet, planes can take off or land at Manchester 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.
• In 2013 Virgin Atlantic introduced its 'Little Red' short-haul brand to take-up some of the available Heathrow and Gatwick slots.
• Manchester Airport (MAN) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Manchester Airport (MAN) is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) W of MAN.

Facts about Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO):

• Lone Star Executive Airport was constructed during World War II to serve as a military facility, but was converted in 1945 to be a predominately civilian airfield.
• Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO) is David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) SSW of CXO.
• The furthest airport from Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,957 miles (17,634 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Because of Lone Star Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 245 feet, planes can take off or land at Lone Star Executive 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.