Nonstop flight route between Togiak Village, Alaska, United States and Houston, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Togiak Airport (TOG), Togiak Village, Alaska, United States and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,616 miles (or 5,820 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 Togiak 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 Togiak 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!

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Facts about Togiak Airport (TOG):

• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 1,781 commercial passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 6% from the 1,886 enplanements in 2007 and 43% from the 3,119 enplanements in 2006.
• The closest airport to Togiak Airport (TOG) is Twin Hills Airport (TWA), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) ENE of TOG.
• The furthest airport from Togiak Airport (TOG) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,703 miles (17,225 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Because of Togiak Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Togiak 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.
• Togiak Airport (TOG) has 2 runways.

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

• By the end of 1943, more than 65 women who served in the Women's Army Corps were also stationed at Ellington.
• In addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".
• 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.
• The $80 million construction project includes a 40,000-square-foot Battle Command Training Center, which simulates war conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan., a second Armed Forces Reserve Center with an assembly hall and offices, a Welcome Center, which will handle retention, recruitment and military identification services.
• For the first months of operation, Ellington Field had no pilot fatalities.
• World War II, with its increasing need for trained pilots, helped to reestablish Ellington Field as an active facility.