A little more than 1,500, going with a fairly direct route. You might be able to do it in less, but it would involve back roads that would take much longer.
Currently no direct route. It would be London over Northwest England over the Atalntic and Newfoundland and then to Los Angeles. Change planes in LAX and from there to Honolulu would be the most direct and usual route.
British Airways fly direct from Houston to London(Heathrow) Air France fly direct from Houston to Paris(Charles De Gaulle) KLM fly direct from Houston Amsterdam(Schipol) Lufthansa fly direct from Houston Frankfurt(Int) Continental flys nonstop to Frankfurt Amsterdam Paris London
Tampa, Florida which is the major city located on Tampa Bay is 981 miles from Houston, Texas and Austin, Texas is only 162 miles from Houston, Texas. That is road miles of course, and the distance in a direct line by air or using a sea route would be considerably shorter, but not enough to make it closer.
The Pacific would be the only direct route.
According to Google Maps, the fastest route is 25 hours.
The distance between the above two places is 10386 miles. This is an approximate direct distance. Also this distance might change if a different flight route is chosen.
The Atlantic and Indian Oceans would be the shortest, most direct route from the UK to the west coast of Australia.
It would have taken a couple of months by the route they took, or sooner by a more direct route.
By plane. If you are driving, I5 would be the quickest, most direct route.
The most direct, avoiding inclement weather and pirates.
The development of navigation didn't lead to a direct sea route to asia there is no direct sea route to asia. But it allowed easier movement and trade between Europe and Asia. By ways either around the cape in South Africa or by the reed sea near the eastern edge of the Meditteranean. It allowed sailors to pass easier because now instead of having to follow the coast the whole way to Asia they could cut across the Indian Ocean using navigation based on the stars location, the sun, and the time of day. This would cut major time traveling which allowed for a more direct route, but there was never and still is no direct sea route. A plane would be direct though