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.
Metric system basics. The simplicity of the metric system stems from the fact that there is only one unit of measurement (or base unit) for each type of quantity measured (length, mass, etc.). The three most common base units in the metric system are the meter, gram, and liter.The meter is a unit of length equal to 3.28 feet; the gram is a unit of mass equal to approximately 0.0022 pounds (about the mass of a paper clip); and the liter is a unit of volume equal to 1.05 quarts.etric prefixes can be used with any base unit. For example, a kilometer is 1,000 meters, a kilogram is 1,000 grams, and a kiloliter is 1,000 liters. Six common prefixes used in the metric system are listed below.