Houston to Houstin 713 miles?

Are the details correct? Any reason to spend 713 miles to go from Houston to Houston? Maybe a test flight of some sort?
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI9019/history/20250622/1800Z/KIAH/KIAH

Clicking the link for all flights from Houston to Houston, I see several others. This one has the most interesting shape.