Flight 2207 on the gate screen at Aruba Airport. By Jack Harty / Published March 9, 2015. HOUSTON, Texas â On Saturday, Southwest Airlines Flight 2207 did not just mark Southwestâs first flight between Aruba and Houston; it also marked the carrierâs first international arrival into Houstonâs William P. Hobby Airport.ack in 1971, Southwest Airlines started flying between Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio with three Boeing 737s, and over the years, the airline rapidly expanded its reach from coast to coast.
A kilometer is 1000 meters A hectometer is 100 meters A decameter is 10 meters A meter is the basic unit of length A decimeter is 1/10 meter A centimeter is 1/100 meter A millimeter is 1/1000 meter As we move down the units, the next unit is one tenth as long. As we move upward, each unit is 10 times as long. One hundred millimeters, which is 1/10 meter (100/1000=1/10) are larger than one centimeter (1/100th meter). Converting Metric Units. The metric system has prefix modifiers that are multiples of 10. 1  A kilometer is 1000 meters. 2  A hectometer is 100 meters. 3  A decameter is 10 meters. 4  A meter is the basic unit of length.
These larger and smaller units are called âderivedâ units. A) Length. The basic unit of length in the metric system is the meter (m). Common derived units are the centimeter (cm) (10-2 or 1/100 of a meter) and the millimeter (mm) (10-3 or 1/1000 of a meter). For measuring large distances, the kilometer (103 or 1000 meters) is often used. B) Volume.