Nonstop flight route between Mörön, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia and Houston, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mörön Airport (MXV), Mörön, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,880 miles (or 11,072 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 Mörön 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 Mörön 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: | MXV / ZMMN |
Airport Name: | Mörön Airport |
Location: | Mörön, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°39'47"N by 100°5'57"E |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia |
Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) |
Elevation: | 1302 feet (397 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MXV |
More Information: | MXV 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 Mörön Airport (MXV):
- Mörön Airport handled 13,000 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Mörön Airport (MXV) is Bulgan Airport (UGA), which is located 163 miles (262 kilometers) ESE of MXV.
- Mörön Airport (MXV) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Mörön Airport (MXV) is Lago Argentino Airport (ING), which is nearly antipodal to Mörön Airport (meaning Mörön Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lago Argentino Airport), and is located 12,096 miles (19,467 kilometers) away in El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Facts about Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD):
- The Texas National Guard and 36th Infantry Division bought most of the airfield's buildings, but the field remained unused.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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".
- The base, which consisted of a few hangars and some wooden headquarters buildings, was completed in a matter of months.