Nonstop flight route between Florence, Italy and Houston, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), Florence, Italy and Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field (EFD), Houston, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,561 miles (or 8,950 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 Florence Airport, Peretola 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 Florence Airport, Peretola 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: | FLR / LIRQ |
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Location: | Florence, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°48'36"N by 11°12'14"E |
Area Served: | Florence, Italy |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroporto di Firenze |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 144 feet (44 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FLR |
More Information: | FLR 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 Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR):
- Since April 9, 1998, AdF has had a global concession for managing the airport infrastructures, and it has assumed responsibility for the maintenance and development of Florence Airport.
- Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR) is Siena-Ampugnano Airport (SAY), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) S of FLR.
- Because of Florence Airport, Peretola's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Florence Airport, Peretola 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.
- On December 5, 2012 Vueling has announced the opening of a new base of operations from which to fly to Florence to several destinations in Europe.
- The Police brance Polizia di Stato stations police helicopters at the airport.
- In the late 1940s Peretola welcomed its first passenger flights with the DC-3 Aerea Teseo.
- The furthest airport from Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Florence Airport, Peretola (meaning Florence Airport, Peretola is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,055 miles (19,401 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Florence Airport, Peretola", another name for FLR is "Aeroporto di Firenze-Peretola".
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.
- 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.
- Though the 111th Observation Squadron had the excess World War I storage and maintenance facilities at Ellington Field, the squadron did not have a true headquarters building.
- 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.
- 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 addition to being known as "Ellington Field Joint Reserve BaseEllington Air Force BaseEllington Field", another name for EFD is "Ellington Field JRB".
- The United States Air Force's 147th Reconnaissance Wing is an Air National Guard unit operationally-gained by the Air Combat Command.
- Ellington was considered surplus to requirements after World War I and the base was inactivated as an active duty airfield in January 1920.
- 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.